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Taking Namibia’s back roads

The Steyls had already visited Namibia a number of times and had seen most of the well-known places, including Etosha, the Skeleton Coast National Park, Van Zyl’s Pass in the Kaokoland and Sossusvlei. In April 2018, therefore, they embarked on a tour to visit a few of the lesser-known places. Johan tells us more...

“We kick off our journey with two nights in the Kgalagadi. Our plan is to enter Namibia at the Mata Mata border post, but it’s a peculiar setup there. You check in on the other side of the border at Twee Rivieren and then only enter Namibia 100 km farther at Mata Mata. And you have to spend two nights in the Kgalagadi

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