We left Shamvura Camp without too much regret. The grumpy old man had gone to Windhoek. Mrs Charly forgot to make breakfast for us.
As pet friendly people they pin a name board on this tree for every passed away pet. Dogs, cats and even an otter.
This is the closest, I came to a crocodile. Mr Mark found it along the river, close to the camp. Interesting to see how many “aircanals” there is in this skull.
The place was well set up with a lovely view on the one of the largest floodplains on the Riversystem created by the confluence of the Cuito and the Okavongo rivers with a bird list of 433 species (sic.). Both rivers have their sources in Angola. We spent much time on the deck behind the pool waiting to see hippos, that never came.
The countryside on the D3402 along the Okavango on the way towards Divundu. We are still in the East Kavango Province, which has the most dense population in Namibia.
There are no villages so to say on the D3402, which we chose to follow today. The huts are grouped in what I would call family compounds. There is a straw fence around each compound and just next to that the cattle crawl fenced by dried camelthorn branches - and a bright colored plastic shed .. the common toilet. A recent attempt from the government to ensure better hygiene. That needs time and teaching for the locLs to learn to use that.
After 20 kms, we drive towards the river “just to see” Ndurukoro Camp, just 1 km off the dust road.
It is so nice here, that we decide to stay. After many nights on the thin matress in the tent, we are to spend the night in a lovely little tented room, just on the river, with bathroom and moskito nets on all sides little house just on the river. Our host, German Leon, will sell us a braai-pack for us to fry ourselves - porc chop, beef and sausage ! Meat - lots of it, just for once.
As pet friendly people they pin a name board on this tree for every passed away pet. Dogs, cats and even an otter.
This is the closest, I came to a crocodile. Mr Mark found it along the river, close to the camp. Interesting to see how many “aircanals” there is in this skull.
The place was well set up with a lovely view on the one of the largest floodplains on the Riversystem created by the confluence of the Cuito and the Okavongo rivers with a bird list of 433 species (sic.). Both rivers have their sources in Angola. We spent much time on the deck behind the pool waiting to see hippos, that never came.
Terrific thunderstorm around 7 pm: the moon was shining on clouds in the horizon, the sky was clear with an enormous amount of stars and at the background, to several sides, lightening came uneruptedly for at least hour with no thunder to be heard.
The countryside on the D3402 along the Okavango on the way towards Divundu. We are still in the East Kavango Province, which has the most dense population in Namibia.
There are no villages so to say on the D3402, which we chose to follow today. The huts are grouped in what I would call family compounds. There is a straw fence around each compound and just next to that the cattle crawl fenced by dried camelthorn branches - and a bright colored plastic shed .. the common toilet. A recent attempt from the government to ensure better hygiene. That needs time and teaching for the locLs to learn to use that.
After 20 kms, we drive towards the river “just to see” Ndurukoro Camp, just 1 km off the dust road.It is so nice here, that we decide to stay. After many nights on the thin matress in the tent, we are to spend the night in a lovely little tented room, just on the river, with bathroom and moskito nets on all sides little house just on the river. Our host, German Leon, will sell us a braai-pack for us to fry ourselves - porc chop, beef and sausage ! Meat - lots of it, just for once.
Life is sweet -
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire