Windhoek, Namibia: Sleeping in the German Castle, Heinitzburg

Hotel Heinitzburg

Now back to finish the recount of our vacation in Namibia. We leave Swakopmund, a beautiful vacation beach, and drive to the nation's capital. We arrive in four hours by car and drive through desert roads to the desert of the pavement.

We were lucky to stay in front of the swimmingpool

Doing the Covid Test to fly home

View from the Garden Terrace

We arrived at the Heinitzburg Castle Hotel. It looked like a medieval castle and was an oasis in the heat of the afternoon. We settled in and booked a table at their Garden Terrace restaurant.

But the time to rest had to wait. We drop off our bags and drive to the Covid Testing Station. We were right on time because in two days we would be flying back to Cape Town. We waited a bit, because a group of women (that we met in the Solitaire gas station) got ahead of us and they were like 10 women who were escorting a famous woman from Africa, from some country neighbouring Namibia. We got a little desperate seeing how they got into the line, justifying that they were a group.

Our room

Well, we did our tests and went back to rest in the hotel pool. We were very lucky to have two rooms on the garden side, facing the terrace. The holidays were coming to an end and soon we would be back with our pets Chica and Lola.

Dinner al fresco

We dined with a formidable view of the city. The heat had subsided and there was a delicious breeze blowing. The feeling of the castle was there and the rooms also had that touch of charm.

Windhoek by night

Shopping Center and a German Restaurant

Grove Mall

The next morning, our plans weren't many. My husband would have a work visit to a veterinarian and my daughters and I would visit the largest shopping center in Windhoek. Back to school was just around the corner and I had to find some things for school.

A very german architecture

We got up and quietly enjoyed breakfast on that magnificent terrace of the hotel. Without haste we get ready and drive to the Grove Mall.

We stayed there until after two in the afternoon. My husband arrived and we went to eat at the Rocco Mamas Burger Restaurant, a chain that we met in South Africa. Well, apparently in Namibia many products are imported from South Africa and the stores in the shopping center were the same as we know in Cape Town.

And the test that did not arrive

Having fun at the
german restaurant

We did not receive any results of the covid test by email, we drove back to the clinic to ask for the result. Sure enough, someone had made a mistake in our data, but fortunately we were negative and we could travel by plane back home.

The vacation routine returned and we spent a very pleasant afternoon in the hotel pool. In the evening we would go to dinner at the famous German restaurant Joe's Beer Garden. The best decision we would have made.

The restaurant seats about 600 people. So it was not a problem to find a table, because in times of Covid, tourists are scarce. The place was packed with locals and some German tourists and us of course.

Back home with 
Airlink

My husband was happy because I tried a typical German sausage with French fries and salad. He had a a chicken Cordon Bleu.

And that's how our vacation ended. The next morning, we had a leisurely breakfast and flew with Airlink, the South African airline, without any problem. Thank you very much for reading me. My next story will be about our vacation in the famous Kruger Park. Until next time!