Our second point of interest for the day is Duwisib Castle. It was built in the early 1900 in two years to look like a real castle by Hansheinrich von Wolf and his wife Jayta. The building materials were imported from Europe and transported by ship and ox cart and European crafters were brought in to finish the woodwork and the stonework.
We visit it only from the outside as the entrance fee is expensive and we know that it doesn’t have any original furniture. At least it has a few Southern Crag Martins outside, the only swallows we see in Namibia.
On the return trip from the castle to the main road we stop at a huge weavers nest that we have seen on the way and take a few pictures of the nest and of the birds flitting between the different openings.
The birds are actually quite friendly or at least they keep a good eye on us and do not scare easily as we take photos.
We leave the main road on a secondary road that continues to hug the desert with some great views. We stop quite a few times just to enjoy the views as we make our way south, always south.
Oryx and ostriches continue to be relatively common but there are no more zebras. The road is almost empty with very few cars on the 100 kms of very scenic road till our accomodation, the Namtib Desert Lodge.
