Namibia on board Rovos Pride of Africa train review: The weirdest place to travel on earth

By Alison Stewart
June 25 2016 - 12:15am
An Oryx in the Namib desert at Sossusvlei.
An Oryx in the Namib desert at Sossusvlei.
Rovos train 'Pride of Africa' in Namibia.
Rovos train 'Pride of Africa' in Namibia.

Namibia, place of sand and stone, is another planet. Fierce, alien, drenched in primeval colours – red for fire, ochre for earth, black for magma, purple for deep space – this country is no place for the fainthearted.