We started off well enough on our 150km trip all the way along the last stretch of beach to the Kunene mouth. But then the fortunes turned.
Our first incident occurred on a very churned up, left hand uphill, which saw us neatly beached on the crest. Luckily a quick reverse tug by the sweeper support vehicle gave us a chance to try again and crest successfully the second time around.
Following on from a quick sandy lunch at 'Bosluis baai' , we continued uneventfully until we hit a patch of what was later relayed to us as being 'sugar sand', which might just have been BS to make us feel better. In any event the sand did short work of our forward momentum and within a second or two we were solidly stuck. Not to mention the two Landy's that were following us.
After a lot of digging in the sand, which made me feel ten again, and some snatching and tugging with kinetic straps, we once again got underway. Our intended destination was the Kunene mouth where we could wash off the cars and get out some of the sea salt that had accumulated under the car chassi's from all the beach driving. All went well until one of our party got solidly stuck in the mud on the edge of the river. This recovery resulted in a lot of mud digging and numerous forward and reverse snatches until finally the mud relinquished it's hold and we could finally make our way to our camp spot for the evening, which was nestled beautifully in a hole cradled on all sides by the dune sea. This then marked the end of a long day on the Skeleton Coast.
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