Hello!
I just found this terific forum and think that it will help us (my husband nad me) to plan the first visit to Namibia next year (March/April). The only problem is that everybody is speaking German what is a bit complicated for us. So, if there is somebody who is willing to share his experinces also in English I'l be glad to hear from him.

Hope to hear from you soon, Bibka

Hi Bibka,
nice to have you here. Just put in your questions, there are for sure some peaple here who will be able to answer your questions in englisch.
Good luck.
Cécile

Hi Bibka,
only a few people in Namibia speak German. So there should be no problems to answer yor questions in English! Afrikaans would be more difficult for me:blush:
Regards
Jens

Hi Bibka,

Should not be a problem to answer some questions.....just try! There will be for sure some people who will answer!

Looking forward,

Meike

Hi!
First to say I'm glad and happy for all your quick reactions.

Like all \"first-time\" visitor to Namibia we are dealing with some basical decision problems:
- time of visiting: we are deciding between two possibities March/April or May/June. Both period are off-season but which is according to the weather and other conditions (i.e. rain, lenght of a daylight,night temperature, mosquitos , etc...) better.

- staying at night: sleeping in the tent on the roof of some 4x4 car at camping places or taking the lodge variante. We do camping with a tent a lot but had never done it on this way (on the roof namely)- what should we take into account or care for? In this time of the year is it necessary to make reservation of camping places in advance; are all campings opened the whole year round; is it possible to make reservation during the tour (let's say 1-2 day before arriving)to be more flexible in doing the tour. Are there any problems if instead of 1 pre-reserved night of staying one would like to prolong for another day?

-malaria prevention: on the forum I didn't found your experience with prevention in a case somebody has heart problems

- organization of a tour: does anybody has any experience with namibian agency Sense of Africa (www.senseofafrica-namibia.com) or New African Frontiers (www.newafricanfrontiers.com). They have some quite interesting self-drive tour

- learning of driving 4X4 car: On internet I found that some agency recommend the learning of how to drive this sort of car before you start your self-drive tour (a sort of some hours of school). Any experience with that?

That will be all for now. Nice day to all!

Bibka

Hello Bibka,

welcome to our \"international\" forum. Here, you´ll get all the information to make your trip unforgetable.
If I have the choice between the two traveling periods, I´d go in May/June. Its dry season, the day temperature ist around 25°C und there are only few mozzies around, except north of etosha and caprivi.. So you have to decide if it is necessary to take malaria prophylaxis. But it is essential to consult a doctor before when you have heart problems.
If you travel organized or individual depends on your preferences.
Maybe it is helpful for the others to put in here your planned itinerary in Namibia.

May you do wellB)
Regards

Uli