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Day 9 of 27 · Lüderitz · The Classic Southern Namibia & Namib Desert Loop

Day 9 — Elizabeth Bay Ghost Town

TRANSFERTRANSFERcolonial history

A road day to your new base in Lüderitz, with a long drive (4 h 48).

Elizabeth Bay Ghost Town
Ein Teil der Geisterstadt Elisabethbucht im Diamantensperrgebiet, Namibia. © photographed on 11 December 2018 by Druschba 4 — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 7 · Lüderitz · Namibia

We sleep in Lüderitz, 29.7 km from the place visited

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days 9–11 3 nights 4 h 48 on the road342 kmclimate favourable

programme
5 h
road
4 h 48
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10 h 48

Bad-weather option — same kind — Sunset walk around the desert-encroached ruins

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On the way

Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.

  • Kolmanskop

    Kolmanskop

    Explore the abandoned diamond mining town reclaimed by the desert, showcasing the remnants of German colonial architecture.

    90 min there · detour +28 km · View on Google Maps

    © photographed on 2 April 2015 by David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons