The Western Cape, the Garden Route, the semi-desert region of Karoo, the Panorama route and all the National Parks, to name just a few. The beauty of Mother Nature goes beyond your imagination when you travel in South Africa. And after that final preparation work we went downhill! Woohoooooo…. After his introduction we started waxing the boards. Our kids went down like five times, where I finished 3 rounds.īut it’s so much fun!! First Captain Les explained about the dune fields and we collectively enjoyed the beautiful view. You really get exhausted climbing up that hill, carrying a board. Some of us made it up and down the hill only twice.
#SAND DUNES IN NAMIBIA AFRICA CRACK#
Each of us took a board and we walked up hill… that was a tough nut to crack I can tell you. Wax on, wax offĮnthusiastically we jumped off the boat to start our sand sliding adventure. Think off a place and yes, there will be sand after your sand sliding experience. Big difference though is the fact (fact!) that after your sliding trip you have sand everywhere: in your clothes, hair, eyes, mouth, everywhere. It’s a bit like snowboarding but the way down is way shorter and you don’t have to dress for the cold…. Stand or sit on the board and off you go downhill. What is sand sliding? Well, you take a wooden board and a sand dune. Our boat rounded the bend and we were faced with one of the most impressive sites of our South Africa trip: the Alexandria dune fields. Chatting about our trip so far and how we would enjoy sand sliding, it suddenly went silent. We enjoyed lots of bird life and had a great chat with our sand sliding travel companions. It took us 30-45 minutes by boat to get there. We have seen only a very small part of the area, because our main target was to slide down the dunes on a wooden board: Sand Sliding!Ĭaptain Les of the Sundays River Ferry Company brought us from the village of Colchester to the sand dunes. Go hiking, cruising, or stay in a lodge close by. The dune fields are part of a reserve and privately owned so freely entering the area is not possible. Not just your average dune field I can tell you!
These dunes were formed over 10,000 years ago when sea levels were much higher. You can move from sea-level right up to 140m high dunes. It stretches for 50km and is 2.2 km wide on average. But the Alexandria dune fields in Colchester (near Addo) are actually part of the largest coastal dune field in the southern hemisphere. Sand dunes are indeed one of South Africa’s lesser known attractions.
This is the place where our family enjoyed a fun experience in a bizarre environment: sand sliding!
#SAND DUNES IN NAMIBIA AFRICA MOVIE#
There was silence all around us, with only some birds flying by and the occasional slapping sound of a fisherman’s net hitting the water.īut this was neither a desert nor a movie set. This could have easily been a Namibian desert, or the set of the next Star Wars movie. Sand dunes that stretched from the river all the way to the sea, miles away. Our boat rounded the bend in the Sundays River when suddenly a surreal landscape appeared.
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