Day 30 – Namibia, Kamanjab – 240kms – weds 27th June
After packing up, we had breakfast at the Cactus Cafe, attached to the campsite. They had nice pancakes. Have I mentioned the pancakes?!!! :biggrin:
The staff was friendly, the café had wifi, and the wifi even worked! It was definitely a nice place for a night.
After that we rode straight north, through yet more bad gravel roads. We did not see any wildlife. Just cars. We stopped in a small town for fuel. Lots of touts around, trying to sell us tat that we didn’t need. We saw plenty of rented SUVs and tourists. The town was on the turn East to Palmwag. We rode north. The track was much more quiet.
By early afternoon we arrived at Kamanjab. There was no other spot on my map until Ruacana falls, over 300kms away.
After stopping at the fuel station/ coffee/ shop, buying fuel and getting some tea, we tried to find accommodation. The GPS charger was dead from water and humidity, badly corroded. So we could not use it to find a campsite.
Alistair was told about a B&B few hundred metres away. He walked there while I kept an eye on the bikes and finished my tea. They wanted about 100 USD for one night! How can accommodation be so bloody expensive in Namibia?
It never ceased to amaze me. Even camping cost a good 15 to 25 dollars per person, in average! And they would not drop the price, even if the place were deserted. Surely, if you have a business, you would offer a discount to get customers over?
The owner of the cafe recommended her campsite and cabins, a mile out of town. It was half the price and we had a nice big chalet for it. The place was deserted.
It was very hot, so I decided to make the most of the facilities (outside tap, garden chairs and table) to rinse my motorcycle gear, covered in sand. It would dry very quickly, hanging in the chairs outside.
We cooked a tin of curry vegetables with instant noodles, in the small kitchen, for dinner.
