🗺️ ROUTE 1
Cape Town → Namibia → Botswana → Victoria Falls
A 4×4 self-drive journey linking 28 highlights from Cape Town to Victoria Falls. The GPS audio guide tells you the story of each place as you pass.
The journey
A road linking 28 stops
1Cape Town›2Klawer · Vredendal›3Springbok›4Namaqualand›5Orange River border›6Keetmanshoop›7Ai-Ais›8Fish River Canyon›9Lüderitz›10Kolmanskop›11Sossusvlei›12Deadvlei›13Solitaire›14Spitzkoppe›15Swakopmund›16Twyfelfontein›17Petrified Forest›18Burnt Mountain›19Organ Pipes›20Outjo›21Etosha›22Rundu›23Katima Mulilo›24Kasane›25Chobe›26Maun›27Moremi›28Victoria Falls
Highlights
Stories along the way
Cape Town
Sarah Baartman — the Slave Lodge
Springbok
The miners who came from Cornwall
Namaqualand
Halfmens — the legend of the “half-human” succulent
Fish River Canyon
A canyon carved by the writhing of a giant serpent
Lüderitz
A campsite today, a concentration camp a century ago
Kolmanskop
Crawling on moonless nights to hunt for diamonds
Sossusvlei
People lived even in the harshest desert
Deadvlei
Trees that have not decayed in over 900 years
Stories along the way
Read all the stories of this route before you go
We’ve written up the history, culture and nature commentary narrated by the GPS audio guide. Discover every story on this journey now.
Route 1: how to plan your trip
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