Borna Posted September 11, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Sightseeing suggestions? Guide referrals? I'll be in Walvis bay for a day from a cruise ship. I am thinking of seeing: Comments? Additions? Deletions? Dune 7 Bird island Pelican point lighthouse Flamingo lagoon Sandwich harbor wetlands with birds Walvis Bay waterfront Pink lake Rhenish mission church Moon landscape Welwitschia plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledowl Posted September 12, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 12, 2023 If you've only got a day a trip to Swakopmund would be a good idea ; it's more attractive and interesting than Walvis Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borna Posted September 12, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, exiledowl said: If you've only got a day a trip to Swakopmund would be a good idea ; it's more attractive and interesting than Walvis Bay. thanks, and what should I see in Swakopmund? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledowl Posted September 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Its basically a quirky , typical German town enclosed by the desert. You'll see what I mean by the architecture, most notably the Hohenzollern building and the Woermann house. Luderitz is similar but on a smaller scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1213 Posted September 14, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 9/12/2023 at 8:26 AM, exiledowl said: If you've only got a day a trip to Swakopmund would be a good idea ; it's more attractive and interesting than Walvis Bay. I'll chime in as a Namibian...you're right. Swakopmund > Walvis Bay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezu Posted September 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 24, 2023 I think one interesting option might be also a "Living desert tour", where your get a drive in the desert and the guide shows you various interesting creatures that live there. Most likely also Welwitschia plants. Granted, my experience of one was during a land based trip in Namibia and it started in Swakopmund and the tour begun in afternoon and ended close to sunset time (around 6 pm in early July), so I don't know how that fits into a cruise schedule. I believe there are few different local tour operators in the area that arrange these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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