The desire to strike out into the wild has never been greater. People want to unplug. Explore nature. Feel the sun on their bare skin. Chop wood. Build a fire. Trade their comfort zone for a place called here and now.
Let me take you into the great outdoors.
Imagine it’s you in this video. We are deep in the Namibian desert, far away from the closest human being. It’s dinnertime. I have just put a few sizzling lamb chops on a stone that we heated with a fire. We’re enjoying an icecold gin-tonic. The sunset is mesmerizing.
How does that sound?
The first few days you may feel a little uncomfortable or even scared. But then something changes. You begin to feel safe and at home in places that may have felt hostile only 2 days earlier. Sounds that were strange and unknown at first are now becoming familiar, and pleasant. You forget about time, you lose track of days and dates.
“The sad truth is that most people spend their lives saving money for adventures they will never experience. They save money instead of experiences”
You begin to connect with nature - or is nature connecting with you? You sleep like you've never slept before. Your head is so empty that it sometimes seems all your thoughts are, well, gone. And you hardly ever think about home anymore. Because now, this ís home.
This is not just a holiday. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The concept of these journeys is as simple as it is attractive: we'll fly you in at a little local airstrip where I'll be waiting for you, we'll have a cup of coffee and then we head straight into the Namib Desert in our well-equipped 4WD bushcamper. Just the two of us, that is. Well, three is an option, but not more (we have two tents on the roof).
No WIFI or 5G, no hot showers, no plans other than a vague idea of which direction we'll be heading. We don’t know where we'll be sleeping tonight or what to expect on the journey.
Exploring the way it's supposed to be.
DATES & PRICES 2025
The next expeditions will be in the spring of 2025, starting early March and ending late May. Every individual expedition lasts 10 full days (apart from time spent travelling in and out of the country). The price for a 10 day expedition is € 8.950,- for a single traveller and € 6.950,- p.p. for people travelling together. This includes all your local expenses, food & drinks, transfers, hotel costs etc. Only air fares are excluded.
If this sounds interesting to you and you want to plan a meeting (either online or in real lifel), please call me or send me an e-mail so I can tell you all about these adventurous journeys. And if you want to be updated on any future expeditions, make sure to link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
MORE INFORMATION
There is a lot more information on these expeditions in a PDF brochure that you can download here.
If you want to know what it's like to bushcamp in Namibia, this gallery from my photo book 'Empty' will give you a taste.
And please do feel free to contact me personally if you want to find out if this could be something for you.
IN THE MEDIA
Dutch Magazine ‘Oog voor Afrika’ published this 16 page feature on the expeditions
In Podcast ‘Explore’ I got the opportunity to talk about my travels: listen on Spotify or Springcast
Dutch magazine Happinez published a feature on the Namibia expedition written by founder Inez van Oord. The PDF is here.
De Optimist (formerly known as Ode) published a feature on my African expeditions
Dutch daily De Telegraaf published an article on my Namibia expeditions, read it here.
Dutch Magazine Reizen published a 12 page feature on my Namibia expeditions. The full PDF is here.
German 4WD magazine 'Explorer' published this 6 page feature on my Namibian expeditions.
