GuardTrailsDay 7 of 28 · Luderitz · The Great Southern Loop & Namib Desert Explorer
Day 7 — Luderitz & Diaz Point
A nature day to your new base in Luderitz, with 1 h 19 on the road and little free time.
Stage 7 · Luderitz · Namibia
days 7–9 3 nights 1 h 19 on the road124 kmclimate favourable
Interest of the place — culture 15. Based on: lighthouse reached from the stage (Diaz Point).
- programme
- 8 h 30
- road
- 1 h 19
- usable window
- 10 h 48
- Boat cruise to Halifax Island to see African penguins3 h
- Coastal drive to Diaz Point and the historic lighthouseInterest culture 15Place Diaz Point, 6.6 km away · exact place name3 h 30
- Lunch at the historic Kolmanskop café2 h
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Early morning photography permit in the sand-filled houses
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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.
Garub
Observe the famous wild desert horses that roam the arid plains near the waterhole.
45 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
Kolmanskop
Explore the abandoned diamond mining ghost town slowly being reclaimed by the desert sands.
90 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 2 April 2015 by David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Diaz Point
Visit the coastal lookout to spot seals and various seabirds along the rugged Atlantic shoreline.
60 min there · detour +13 km · View on Google Maps
