By: Robyn Grieves-Cook

Robyn Grieves-Cook — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:02:06 +0000

I took a 45 minute flight from Swakopmund to Wolwedans in the NamibRand Private Conservancy, down the fantastic skeleton coast & over the dunes. Absolutely stunning!
The plane was tiny, only 4 of us + the pilot – 3 in the back and one sat up next to the pilot in the prime seat. They give you headphones so can listen into all the mission control stuff, which is basically the banter between all the pilots and the pilot also acts as a tour guide explaining the route and other interesting bits of chat!
The first part of the journey heads off down the coast and over the sand dunes – the dunes from the air are something to be seen, it really is like a stormy sea of sand and the colours are fantastic, they then almost become mountainous. The further south you fly the more vegetation there is and some rather strange crop circles seem to appear.
As this is a ‘hopper’ flight the pilot landed at the first airstrip to drop off two passengers who were staying elsewhere – our stop was just a little further south – the pilot asked if we now wanted to have some fun – which being a bit of a thrill seeker I agreed! We took off again and then flew so low & fast that you could almost touch the trees, absolutely fantastic!
Taking this flight was one of those once in a lifetime experiences – I hope not just a once off though, I can’t wait to go back and experience it again

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By: Robyn Grieves-Cook