We decided to go through the pass as we made our way to Sossusvlei. It would make for an interesting pit stop because we’d been driving since 7 a.m. from Okonjima in the Omboroko Mountains.
Spreetshoogte Pass… That’s quite a mouth full if you don’t speak Afrikaans (mine’s really rusty), but it’s a mountain pass around halfway between Windhoek and Sesriem, which connects the Namib Desert with the Khomas Highland.
When driving from Windhoek, the highlands are pretty much the same. A very long gravel road with farms on both sides, and absolutely nothing but the occasional hill, trees and the lonely oryx.
As we passed the last junction in Nauchas onto the D1275 towards Solitaire, my guide announced the upcoming view, and as we drove over the last hills, it suddenly became abundantly clear that this was going to be very otherwordly… something I’d never experienced before.