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It is indeed, I can recommend it very much. South Africa and Namibia are fascinating indeed, totally different landscapes than we know from Europe. Only the security-problems in ZA makes you a bit cramped, but it's up to your behaviour.
And especially Namibia is something for offroad-fans. The majority of street is just gravel, only a few long distance-highways are paved. It's really not neccessary, that you go with your 4x4-car somewhere into the dunes or bushes to make the real offroad-experience (and destroy the sensitive nature). Sometimes the regular street after a rain is enough.
We'd been there just two weeks after the heaviest rain of the last 54 years, so some streets were hard to pass.
If you are there, you really should take a 4x4-car. The most interesting places you cannot reach with a regular car. Of if you try it, you'll damage the car. The other tourists we met, who had a normal car like a VW Polo or Toyota Corolla, had a plenty of minor or bigger damages. From a cracked bumper to a smashed engine. A couple from London tried to pass a stony creek with their VW Polo. The guy said: "Suddenly was a big bang and the whole street was full with oil" - he smashed the bottom of the engine-block on the rocks.
So we had been very happy with our Single-cab Nissan "Hardbody" ("Navarra" in Europe).
And especially Namibia is something for offroad-fans. The majority of street is just gravel, only a few long distance-highways are paved. It's really not neccessary, that you go with your 4x4-car somewhere into the dunes or bushes to make the real offroad-experience (and destroy the sensitive nature). Sometimes the regular street after a rain is enough.
We'd been there just two weeks after the heaviest rain of the last 54 years, so some streets were hard to pass.
If you are there, you really should take a 4x4-car. The most interesting places you cannot reach with a regular car. Of if you try it, you'll damage the car. The other tourists we met, who had a normal car like a VW Polo or Toyota Corolla, had a plenty of minor or bigger damages. From a cracked bumper to a smashed engine. A couple from London tried to pass a stony creek with their VW Polo. The guy said: "Suddenly was a big bang and the whole street was full with oil" - he smashed the bottom of the engine-block on the rocks.
So we had been very happy with our Single-cab Nissan "Hardbody" ("Navarra" in Europe).