This is a point on the map rather than a town, in the dry country of southern Namibia where the Tiras Mountains lift out of the Namib's gravel plains. There is no village here, no shade and nothing with a name beyond the number of the road, and nobody lives close enough to appear on a list of nearby places. That is exactly the point. The D707 is a gravel road that runs through some of the emptiest and most beautiful terrain in the country, and the start of it feels like the moment the real trip begins.
The road is a graded gravel track, usually in decent condition but with patches of corrugation, soft sand in the dry riverbeds and the occasional loose stretch after rain. Drop your tyre pressures a little if you are on a loaded adventure bike, and keep your speed to something you can stop from. Flash floods are rare but can cut the crossings. The landscape is huge: red dunes in the distance, granite hills, camelthorn trees and wide yellow grass after rain, with mountain ranges folding away on the horizon. You will probably see oryx, springbok and ostriches, and in the evening the light on the rocks turns copper and then pink.
Carry extra fuel and water, fill up at the last real town before you turn on to it, and tell someone where you are headed. Other travellers are few, so if something goes wrong you may wait a long time. Make sure the bike is ready, with a spare tube, a pump and tools, because the nearest mechanic is a very long way away.
The best months are the cool, dry ones from May to September, when days are warm and nights are cold enough to see your breath. Summers are very hot and afternoon temperatures climb fast. Start early, stop for lunch under a tree, and let the quiet work on you, because few places offer this much open space.