Driving statistics and prices

Driving statistics

• We drove 1,580.3 miles (2,543.2 km)
• We used 221.5 litres (48.7 UK gallons) of diesel
• The fuel cost N$4,780.95 (£193.19)
• Average fuel cost was N$21.58 (£0.87) per litre
• Average fuel consumption was 32.4 miles per gallon (8.7 litres/100 km)

Prices

Namibia is one of the cheapest countries I’ve ever eaten in. It helps that the rand was doing poorly when I went – it was R23.5 to £1 when we got there, and continued to get worse. I used contactless nearly all the time and cash for tips.

Our first night in Windhoek was probably our cheapest evening out. We were in the Wolfshack which normally sold 500ml of Hansa beer for N$35 (£1.50), but we were on a special midweek offer and I was getting it for N$25 or 91 pence! I also had a steak and chips dinner here for about N$170 (£7.40). It wasn’t top quality steak but I’ve had plenty worse. At Goodfella’s, 330ml beers were N$27 (about £1) and a Margherita pizza was N$110 (£4).

Beer was N$40-N$45 (£1.75-£2) in pretty much all of the hotels we stayed in. Some places sell a “lady’s draught” beer – which isn’t a 1970s joke, it’s actually on the menus like that. It’s just a 330ml beer. A Southern Comfort in Western Saloon in Windhoek was NS$25 (91 pence).

Kucki’s pub in Windhoek was one of the few places approaching Western prices but that might be because I had a ribs and wings, which cost N$247 (£10.75). A veg curry was N$110 (£4).

The Outjo Bakkery was a cheap lunch because they didn’t charge me for the hot water I asked for – I had my own tea bag, and asked for the hot water because they didn’t have any tea I liked. I had their “famous meat pie” and chips, which was N$65 (£2.75).

At the Wimpy in Tsumeb we had two meals, a milk shake and coffee for N$290 (£12).

In the Spar, you’d pay N$7 (30p) for crisps, N$16 (66p) for a 1.5 litre bottle of water and N$18 (75p) for a can of Red Bull.

Addis Ababa is EXPENSIVE. At Kaldy’s coffee, a coffee or tea was US$6 and a bottle of water was US$3. Even worse – a small pizza (4 small slices) at the Pizza Hut was US$12 and a medium pizza (6 small slices) US$18. A 330ml beer was US$6. Prices were in US dollars everywhere, but you get a receipt in Ethiopian birr.

Friday 4 April 2025, 21 views