Lüderitz - Namibia
LÜDERITZ
Lüderitz is a surreal colonial relic – a 19th century Bavarian village on the barren, windswept Namib Desert coast, seemingly untouched by the 20th century. It has everything you’d expect of a small German town – delicatessens, coffee shops and Lutheran churches. Here, the icy but clean South Atlantic is home to seals, penguins and other marine life and the desolate beaches support flamingoes and ostriches.
Lüderitz merits the 600km detour from Keetmanshoop, via the sealed B4, which features far vistas between the desolate southern Namib and the forbidden Diamond Area 1. When the wind blows – which is most of the time – the final 10 km into Lüderitz may be blocked by the barchans dune field which seems bent upon crossing the road. The drifts pile quite high before the road crews clean them off and conditions do get hazardous, especially if it’s foggy.
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