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Rental car in Namibia
Posted: Sat July 14, 2007 04:00 PM UTC
Hello!

Me and my girlfriend are planning to have a 3 week trip to Nambia in October this year. We want to travel around by rental car: Windhoek - Waterberg - Etosha - Swakopmund - Sossusvlei (- Lüderitz (?) ) - Windhoek.

Itīs the first time, that we are in Namibia, therefore we do have some questions:

a) Is the trip too long for 3weeks? Above we spottet only the mains spots we want to go. In between we want to stop, but donīt know whatīs most interesting?

b)We are not quite sure regarding the rental car. Is a 4x4 jeep (Nissan, Toyota etc) required / recommended? Can you recommend a rental-car-company for Namibia

Would be perfect, if somebody could share his/her Namibia experience with us?

Thx in advance

Julia & Carsten
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Re: Rental car in Namibia
Posted: Sat July 14, 2007 07:29 PM UTC
Have a look at my pages, we did almost the same route in 3 weeks.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/72173/f11/
And, yes, we had a 4WD. It is not necessary, but there are some places (like Soussouvlei) where you can only proceed with that. But mostly a normal car will do- even though there are mostly gravel roads in Namibia.

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Re: Rental car in Namibia
Posted: Sun July 15, 2007 02:31 PM UTC
Hi,
First of all great choice for a country to visit, excellent time as well! To answer your questions:
a) No, i think 3 weeks is just right. However, be prepeared to spend quite a bit of time on sometimes not so good dirt road -- in general they are not that bad.
b) Agree with previous VT member. A 4x4 not needed, a car with slightly higher ground clearance is better but i have seen many people do this route with an ordinary sedan (Toyata Corrola or VW Golf). There are shuttles at Sossusvlei if you do not have a 4x4.

I have been to Namibia 3 (or maybe 4 times ?) already and will always go back. The most recent one 3 months ago for 3 weeks. You can email me if you need more information, or maybe want to know about those really special places in Namibia. I promise i will help :)

Cheers
Samuel

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