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Grunau Namibia

   

The B1 is Namibia's main north-south road. It runs from Oshikango on the Angolan Border some 1520km to the Namibia / South African Border for the Western Cape at Noordower. Cape Town lays a further 685km south.

Grunau Village

Grunau

General Location of Grunau / Noordoewer

Grunau is more of a small settlement at the side of the rail track situated about 140km north of Noordoewer, where the junction with the B3 road takes you 160km to the Namibia / South Africa Border at Ariamsvlei and on to the other regions of South Africa. The location of Grunau makes it a convenient and popular place to over-night. It also serves as a good spring-board for

visiting the Fish River Canyon. It's about 100km drive to the Resort at Ai-Ais.

There are limited vehicle repair facilities in Grunau and it's not a place to go shopping, so you should top up with provisions in a major town before departing on your journey.

 

Karas Region Grunau
27º44'S - 18º23'E
Population under 1000
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Map + Directions to the attractions of the area Namibia Car Rental NO Guided Tours yet available in this area Self Guided Touring advice for this area Ai-Ais Resort 103km (30km on B1 south + 73km on C10 west)
Namibia Bus & Shuttle Scheduled Timetable TransNamib Rail Scheduled Timetable Namibia Towns Namibia Emergency Numbers Karasburg 52km on B3 East
Namutoni Ondangwa Oshikango Swakopmund Rundu Windhoek
162km 312km 377km 498km 289km 368km
Keetmanshoop 156km on B1 road North
Noordoewer 140km on B1 road South

 

Attractions in the Grunau and Noordoewer Districts

   
Ai-Ai Hot Springs Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort offers an ideal stay over right along-side the Fish River at the lower end of the Canyon. Accommodation ranges from luxury apartments to shaded camp sites with water and power The resort is closed during the summer (and rainy season ) months owing to the heat and possibility of flash flooding. Time Budget 4-6hr+ ►►


Fish River Canyon Fish River Canyon is 2nd only to the Grand Canyon in size and is one of  'Africa's Must Sees'. Here you can see where the waters of the Fish River have, over a period of 1,000 million years cut through the surrounding hard rock to a depth of over 550 meters. There are sections of the canyon that are about 27km in width. There is a NWR camp site at Hobas.

Time budget 2hrs+  ►►

   

Noordoewer Namibia Border Post

 
 

Welcome to Namibia

The Bridge over the Orange River

The bridge over the Orange River

Namibia Immigration Post

Namibia Immigration Post

 
The high cliffs on the south side of the river shine through a variety of shades of blues and reds during sunrise or sunset Temperatures here are usually warm and 50°c is not uncommon in the summer months. If you're planning a canoe or rafting trip, take the advice of your tour leader with regards to how you should be equipped. As a small border town Noordoewer makes for a popular over night stop for road weary travellers. There are fuel stations, limited repair facilities, but no banks or Bureau de Change. On your left hand side driving north you will see a small township in which many of the huts and houses have been built from river reeds.

 

 
Reed Hut

Reed Hut

A mirage Lake

 

 

 

 

 

A mirage lake

No -its water but dried salt crystals

No - it's not water, but dried salt crystals

 

About 80kms north of Noordoewer you will see on the west side of the road what appears to be a lake in the middle of the desert. In reality this is a salt pan giving a mirage effect. Even when you are quite close to the 'lake' the shiny layer of salt deposits on the sand reflect the blue sky. It looks just like a lake of water. Even if you are driving a 4x4, don't try driving across the salt pan. Your vehicle tracks would make the pan look ugly. Plus, only a couple of centimetres below the surface lays a nice deep layer of black mud, into which your vehicle will sink and will need assistance to get free.


 
Map + Directions to the attractions of the area Namibia Car Rental Guided Tours available in this area Self Guided Touring advice for this area Katima Mulilo 2000km (1154km on B1 road  to Otavi + 846km on B6 Road to Katima Mulilo)
Namibia Bus & Shuttle Scheduled Timetable No passenegr rail services operate on this route Namibia Towns Namibia Emergency Numbers Oshikango 1520km on B1 road North

Cape Town

Katima Mulilo Keetmanshoop Springbok Swakopmund Windhoek
685 / 426 2048 / 1273 304 / 189 126 / 78 1162 / 722 799 / 496
Swakopmund 1162km (870km to Okahandja + 292km on B2 road to Swakopmund)
Windhoek 800km on B1 road North
 

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Aus | Gobabis | Grootfontein  | Grunau | Henties-BayKamanjab | Karibib | Karasburg  | Katima Mulilo | Keetmanshoop Khorixas    |  Luderitz | Maltahohe | Mariental | Noordoewer | Okahandja | Omaruru | Ondangwa | Oshakati | Otavi Otjiwarongo | Outjo | Rehoboth | Ruacana | Rundu | Solitaire | Swakopmund | Terrace-Bay | Tsumeb | Uis | Usakos | Walvis-Bay | Windhoek

 

 

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