[FREE READ] Reader Smittie de Villiers from Paarl reminisces about a university field trip he and a few friends did in the 1960s. More about their amazing adventure here:
The seven-tonne Leyland bus carrying students and luggage carefully makes its way over a narrow bridge in Namibia. The water in the canal comes from the Kunene River. Picture: Johan BeyersMy friend Kobus Joubert and I often reminisce about a university field trip we did in the 1960s.
Our route would take us to Springbok and north to Augrabies. We’d cross the border into Namibia just past Noenieput and continue to Grünau, then to the Hardap Dam via the Fish River Canyon. From there we’d go to Namutoni in Etosha, then to the Brandberg and on to Ruacana Falls.We left Stellenbosch on 16 December 1963, in the evening. On the bus were Flip Oosthuysen, a lecturer at the university, Louis Botha, our fearless leader, and 36 students.
Admittedly, we also wanted to impress the female students in the group! Eventually we smartened up and chopped down mopane saplings to place together and use as a bridge to get through muddy sections. We spent three nights at Ruacana Falls on the border between Namibia and Angola. It’s incredible to think that we could camp wild practically anywhere in those days.
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