Why this ride
A desert corridor with open geology, remoteness and strong visual character. It links naturally to Namib escarpment and red dunes.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
D707 Scenic Route
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 452 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 11 h 08
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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Editorial context
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Access context
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Seasonal context
May-Sep
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Helmeringhausen
Helmeringhausen is hardly a village at all: a hotel, a farm, a few outbuildings and a lot of sky, set on the gravel road that runs along the edge of the Namib in southern Namibia. It was founded as a farm in the early twentieth century by German settlers who named it after their home village in Germany, and it has changed little since. A small farm museum beside the hotel displays old wagons, ploughs and household objects, giving a picture of what life was like for early settlers in this dry land.
Read the complete Helmeringhausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Helmeringhausen sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Aus Namibia.
2. Aus Namibia
Aus is a village in the stony hills of southern Namibia, at about 1,400 metres, and its job is to watch over the road to the coast. Beyond it, the land drops toward the Atlantic and the old diamond town of Lüderitz, and the desert grows harsher with every kilometre. In the First World War, the South African forces who took the colony from Germany built an internment camp here, where thousands of German prisoners were held, and traces of the camp, including stone foundations, can still be seen among the rocks on the hillside.
Read the complete Aus Namibia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Aus Namibia comes up 175 km in. Next is Sesriem.
3. Sesriem
Sesriem is the gate to the great dunes of the Namib, a tiny settlement of a campsite, a lodge and a filling station, set on a gravel plain beneath a sky that is nearly always blue. The name means six thongs: early settlers had to tie six lengths of ox-hide together to draw water from a narrow canyon nearby, and the canyon, a slot about thirty metres deep carved by the Tsauchab River, is the first sight you meet. The river itself rarely flows, but when it does, in good rain years, it sends water out toward Sossusvlei and fills the pans with a thin blue sheet.
Read the complete Sesriem write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
452 km in you reach Sesriem.