One of the famous things to "see" in the Kaokovled are the drums. They are just drums of different colours marking key junctions and used as advertising boards by many companies. its of people also left their names there...

Groendrom (17°49'19"S 12°09'11"E)

Oranjedrom (17°46'22"S 12°18'00"E)

Bloudrom (17°47'30"S 12°23'17"E)

Rooidrom (17°47'47"S 12°31'23"E)

From the Hoanib river, we drove to Puros through Ganias plains and Puros Canyon. We found some "serious" water still flowing in the Hoarusib river (we met people stranded with a wet engine...), nothing really bad but some deep crossings at time. We spent the night at Puros community Campsite that I strongly recommend, this place is absolutely great!

From Puros, we continued our journey North, and drove almost all the way to Greondrom in a single day (yup the roads were that good!). 

Mountains in Puros area

Can't go further East...

Shepherd trees

Lone Euphorbia watching over the dunes & moutains

Morning mist over the coastal dune at sunrise

Some art in the desert. We saw many of these small sculptures, no idea who made them and why they are there, but they are fun!

Ondusengo river bed. The desert was dead silent on the plains, but the river bed was filled with bird songs, what a contrast!

The Hoanib river is famous for its desert adapted lions and elephants, Amspoort gorge where it reaches the Skeleton Coast NP dunes and its very very big acacia, see for yourself!

View on the Hoanib river bed from a above

Looking back into the Palmwag concession

Big acacias, small dune and smaller Kenji!

Driving down the river bed toward Ammspoort gorge. Acacias provide food and shade for many species...

We did see elephants int he river bed, they were lying down fast asleep, so still that for bit we wondered if they were still alive! No lions but we had fresh tracks of the big cats ans of hyaena around camp in the morning.

It is possible to drive through the Palmwag concession from Palmwag camp in the South to the Hoanib river in the North. You'll need to buy a permit and pay for nights in the concession. There are several remote campsite in the concession (you'll be given a map with their GPS coordinates with your permit), some have shade, some don't some are in the plains, other in river beds and yet other offer stunning views over the mountains (beware of wind). There is literally nothing to mark these campsites but small rock signs and old fireplaces, no water not electrify of course, and that's the best part of it! Distances might not be that big, but the driving can be very slow, so plan ahead.

Driving through the concession, we got the chance to see many ungulates (oryx, giraffes, springboks...) but no elephants nor rhino tis year. However the highlight of the trip was in the shape of a stunning adult male lion we found resting near a spring!

Welwitcshia mirabilis at Theun's campsite

Kenji in her environment

Straight ahead

Desert adapted lion at the Hunkab river bed crossing/oasis

Most of the Mopane trees in the Mudorib river bed are really impressive in size....

Palmwag is known for its desert adapted elephants population. It is a huge concession bordering the Skeleton Coast NP to the East. The camp at the entrance (now operated by Gondwana) offers campsites and chalets. It's a bit overpriced, at least for the campsites, but the view over the river bed and the palm trees from the last campsite is pretty stunning.

If you buy a permit, you can drive in the day area of the concession and experience nice landscape of flat plains, mountains and river beds. In the extremest northern part, you can pay a visit to the Aub river canyon. Even in a very dry year late October, there was still water in the pool protected by tree or rocks shade.

The famous palm trees (Makalani) giving the concession its name.

Drivin in the day area.

Aub river canyon