23.07.2019 | Namibia, Travel

About the most beautiful Spitzkoppe Camp

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Spitzkoppe is one of the most fascinating landscapes in Namibia and our favorite campsite on our whole Namibia trip. We highly recommend spending there two nights if you have a car with a tent. Otherwise, you can also visit this place for a day trip. It is not without reason that the sharp Spitzkoppe mountain is called the Matterhorn of Namibia. You can walk to a pool on the rocks, visit a beautiful arch and you can climb to the summit with a guide.

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The roads to Spitzkoppe – a beautiful mountain silhouette

From Etosha National Park we drove on the big C38 road towards the South. We fastly decided to take the smaller, more beautiful D gravel roads to Spitzkoppe. After the little village Outjo, we passed Khorixas and Uis. We had the most amazing view from Uis to Spitzkoppe! The silhouette of the big mountains looked so beautiful! The temperature indicator showed already 35 degree. On our way to Spitzkoppe we saw many African people who tried to sell some jewellry as well as kids begging for water. It’s really sad to see.

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Arriving at Spitzkoppe – Things to do

Well, the campsite is an adventure in itself and we highly recommend staying there for two nights but there are also amazing hikes you can do! If you don’t like to stay on a campsite you can book a room in the private chalets of Spitzkoppe Lodge. We only stayed at the camp!

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1. The Camp

We highly recommend to come as early as possible to the camp because you have the free choice for a campsite. The first one gets the best one :). We were told that 11b is the best campsite with the most beautiful view for sunset. It was already occupied so we decided to take 9b, a very beautiful campsite as well. It’s so funny every campsite is fantastic and extremely big! You feel like you are alone between big rocks and a starry sky. Every campsite has a private little toilet. The showers are in a nice area at the entrance.

We stayed only for 1 night but we highly recommend to relax here for two nights. On our trip, Spitzkoppe Camp was the only campsite in Namibia with such a massive playground and natural scenery!

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2. Climbing to the Arch

After setting up our camp, we climbed up to the arch. It’s only a 5 minute hike but it’s extremely beautiful up there! We had to leave our tripod with the camera and self-timer at the bottom while we were running up the rocks to the perfect picture point under the arch. Everyone was clapping their hands when we finally got it ;). The arch is beautiful from both sides and you can explore the surrounding rocks from there!

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3. The Waterhole

In the morning light we visited the pool hidden between the rocks. It’s fantastic to climb on the rocks and to see all the African land in front of you!

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4. The starry sky

After enjoying the beautiful sunset we had a lovely dinner under the most amazing sky!! We were so luckily that there was no cloud to be seen in the sky. When it got darker and darker we grabbed our headlights and climbed to the arch again. Wow! This magical view surrounded by all these dark rocks – an incredible feeling I will never forget! One feels small, very small due to this wonder of nature!

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5. A guided walk to the top of the mountain

We would have loved to do the guided tour to the top of the Spitzkoppe. The guides told us it’s too dangerous to go there on your own. Unfortunately we stayed only for one night and we hadn’t enough time to do the guided hike the second day. We heard there are beautiful rock paintings to see.

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Back to Windhoek

It was time to drive back to Windhoek, although we would have loved to stay longer at Spitzkoppe camp! It’s the perfect place for the last night before driving back to Windhoek because it’s only a 3-hour drive, a comparatively short drive for Namibia ;). Spitzkoppe camp is also the perfect place to start your adventure coming from Windhuk!

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