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Travel Bug
Sossusvlei
Who is The Travel Bug?
Initiated by Chad “The Chadman” about four years ago (driving a blue VW kombi minibus), The Travel Bug Safari departs from Windhoek every Friday. It is a fully-catered-for camping safari (except for drinks and snacks) for adventurous souls of any age, kind and taste. Today tours are conducted in a personalised safari vehicle, with windows large enough to dream far into the vastness and point heavy camera lenses at the open spaces. Guide and driver Rodney Katuutja (who has been a tour guide for about 12 years) takes care of guests, sharing information on matters nature-related and making sure your every need is taken care of.
Tripping to Sossusvlei
No matter what your level of fitness, Namibia’s Big Daddy dune is no one’s playmate. From its base, it might not look like much – and the excited faces of potential dune conquerors going around energetically tackling the sand mass reflects a deceiving sense of doability. But as soon as your boots are buried in a mini-dune and your leg muscles start feeling the pull, you’ll know that this heap of sand is one of a kind.
Not regaled as the highest dune in the Sossusvlei area for nothing, Big Daddy reaches for the skies at about 330 metres, spreading its fine sands over the surrounding red masses when there’s the slightest breeze. Twisting and turning, moving and writhing (although not in such a way that you’d actually notice), the dunes here are forever reinventing themselves, albeit not necessarily at an unhurried pace. And at a slow and leisurely pace is exactly how you should be tackling our famous Namib Desert. Chad Wratten, owner of The Travel Bug Safaris, and initiator of the “coolest and cheapest three-day safaris to Sossusvlei” greets his guests with the words: “For most, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the dunes of Sossusvlei and experience Namibia’s unique desert life. Nature is first and foremost the reason we are here.”
For more information read the full Travel News Namibia Article.