Welcome to Untamed Travel Africa! If you are interested in a tour like no other tour, one that will take you to untamed places in Africa, Frikkie von Solms of Namibia is the guide for you. Frikkie’s tours are much more than mere sight seeing; he specializes in small groups and the personalized adventure you […]
Early one morning we embarked on a special tour of the desert which lies just outside of the coastal city of Swakopmund, which means mouth of the Swakop River. Frikkie arranged for us to accompany the Living Desert Adventures folk to deepen our experience and understanding of the creatures who live in a desert climate. […]
One day during the tour that Heather and I took with Frikkie in 2015, he took us to two sites which feature water creatures. First we traveled to Cape Cross, a coastal site 115 km north of Swakopmund. The morning began with a light mist which cleared up into a beautifully clear, sunny, windy day. […]
When Frikkie sets up a tour, he balances the experiences with contrasts. One day you are in the desert climbing up sand dunes, the next day you are on a boat watching a whale breach in the open sea. He leads you in deeper as you go along. You have to trust and follow his […]
The human heart leaps at the tug on the line. Frikkie likes to spend whole days fishing off the coast of Henties Bay and nearby areas. It can be a contemplative experience. Once the line is cast and the pole secured there is only waiting for the tug of the curious ocean dweller. And what […]
There are two events of light upon which our entire existence depends. These events create our days and our nights, and sustain all life on our earth. We humans are so preoccupied most of the time that we take them for granted. When I was in Namibia’s Messum Crater last March, 2017, I had the […]
