Day 17: Sesriem Campsite – Betta – Farm Landsberg (Tiras Mountains)

By our standards, we went to bed late (around 11:00 PM) and therefore didn't wake up until late (around 8:00 AM). We dawdle a bit and just manage to leave the campsite at 10:00 AM :-)

Our drive south takes us through breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. The play of colors is enchanting. We can't get enough of it.

Yellow and red dunes, plains with alternating shades of green and yellow, piles of rock shimmering red and brown or dark gray-green. The occasional zebra and oryx. And then mountains: brown, gray, green, hilly, rocky, rugged – everything is there.

We take a lunch break in Betta, which we remember from five years ago. Two wraps, two Cokes, that's enough in this heat.

Then, at some point, we leave the main road, and the last 25 km to Landsberg Farm and Campsite take us through mountainous terrain with lush greenery, beautiful grasses and bushes, and even trees. We drive up to 1,700 m in altitude.

We're thrilled with the variety of our day's driving.

At times, a heavy, sweet scent lingered in the air; in the mountains, it smells more like coriander and a little of other spicy herbs.

This isn't really traditional farmland, at least not as we know it. But there are supposedly cattle and sheep ranches and a jojoba plantation. We'll have to find out more about the oil, or rather, the nut used for this.

There are four campsites with plenty of space and distance, and their own ablution block. When we booked, we chose "Black Eagle," which offers the most beautiful sundowner view and the longest morning shadow. The WiFi is down again, but our bread order arrived, so breakfast tomorrow and the day after is secured.

It's beautiful here and so quiet!

Wolle goes for a run, Brigitte washes the dust of the last few days out of her hair. Otherwise, we enjoy the view, our food, and the fire.

The starry sky is amazing.

Which leads us back to the question: how do you actually photograph it? We experiment a bit, but the results aren't satisfactory yet. Also because the rising moon quickly fades the starry sky.