Basti and Lyn

Sandboarding in Swakopmund 
Swakopmund is located directly at the coast and has a nice wind chill in the air. The town is small, but has lots of German influence. We found a bit of time to relax and recharge our batteries. Bastian was pushing hard to get some adventure arranged and booked a 'sandboarding tour' for the two of us. On a beautiful morning, we were picked up by our sandboarding instructor. We drove to a huge star-shaped dune located about 11km away from Swakopmund where the action takes place.

We were in a great mood and enjoyed the freedom of walking in the sand. Our instructor provided us with helmets and protection gear... Hm, I wondered why and started to get slightly nervous about it! We also carried simple wooden boards up the dune...

After walking all the way up, I needed to take a rest. Sitting on this massive dune was a great, but sliding down on a board with your head first sounded like a crazy stunt. 

We started with small dunes and then step by step took bigger and steeper ones. It was fast and I swallowed a lot of sand, but I have to say: It was so cool and we could not get enough! I really enjoyed it and I almost beat Bastian for the highest speed. Both of us were fearlessly sliding down at a tempo of over 70 km/h. Our instructor (all the way down) measured us with the help of a speed camera.

The next day, we were going South to Walvis Bay and arranged a 4x4 drive at Sandwich Harbor where giant sand dunes run straight into the ocean. Its creates a wonderful scenery!

Walking around in the sand was incredible. We were all by ourselves and had a fantastic picnic right in between the giant dunes.