{"id":10445,"date":"2026-05-24T06:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/?page_id=10445"},"modified":"2026-05-24T06:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:17:28","slug":"fish-river-canyon-to-luderitz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/de\/namibia\/fish-river-canyon\/fish-river-canyon-to-luderitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish River Canyon to L\u00fcderitz and the Sperrgebiet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-cc906be9 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p>L\u00fcderitz sits 260km west of Hobas on the B4, connecting the canyon to the Atlantic coast and to Kolmanskop, one of the most extraordinary photography locations in Namibia. The drive west on the B4 is straightforward tar through southern Namibia&#8217;s arid interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Die Route<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hobas \u2192 Gr\u00fcnau (150km east on C37\/B4) \u2192 B4 west \u2192 Aus \u2192 L\u00fcderitz (260km from Hobas total)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total driving: approximately 3 hours from Hobas to L\u00fcderitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aus (140km from Hobas):<\/strong> Small town; fuel; the Namib wild horses are found on the plains east and south of Aus, a feral horse population descended from German colonial military horses that now lives independently in the desert. The Aus area is the most reliable location for viewing these animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kolmanskop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The diamond mining ghost town 10km east of L\u00fcderitz is the specific draw for most visitors on this route. Former miners&#8217; houses, with Art Nouveau interiors and parquet floors, are being engulfed by the encroaching desert sand. The photography conditions in the early morning (07:00 to 09:00 access permit required; available from the L\u00fcderitz museum and the DeBeers site office) are extraordinary: sand piled knee-deep against ornate wallpaper, rooms where the sand has almost reached the ceiling, doorways framing dunes where gardens once stood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Completing the Circuit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From L\u00fcderitz, the B4 east returns to Keetmanshoop (330km), connecting northward to Windhoek or northward to the Sossusvlei approach. The full southern Namibia circuit (Sossusvlei \u2192 Fish River Canyon \u2192 L\u00fcderitz \u2192 Keetmanshoop \u2192 north) covers the most dramatic geological and historical sites of southern Namibia in a coherent loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full L\u00fcderitz connection from Sossusvlei side: <a href=\"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/de\/namibia\/sossusvlei\/sossusvlei-to-luderitz\/\">Sossusvlei to L\u00fcderitz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/de\/kontakt\/\">Contact Mat-Travel<\/a> for southern circuit planning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00fcderitz sits 260km west of Hobas on the B4, connecting the canyon to the Atlantic coast and to Kolmanskop, one of the most extraordinary photography locations in Namibia. The drive west on the B4 is straightforward tar through southern Namibia&#8217;s arid interior. The Route Hobas \u2192 Gr\u00fcnau (150km east on C37\/B4) \u2192 B4 west \u2192 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10391,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"slim_seo":{"title":"Fish River Canyon to L\u00fcderitz and the Sperrgebiet","description":"Connecting Fish River Canyon to L\u00fcderitz and Kolmanskop ghost town completes the southern Namibia circuit. 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