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November - December 2019
A 17-day adventure by Sue Read more
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    Day 3

    Avis Dam Nature Reserve

    November 17, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    We went to this reserve after breakfast. It’s a local park, cost N$25 to get in. On the google map it’s a big reservoir. However, the reservoir was totally dried out, for a long long time, left behind a big patch of green grass.

    The binoculars worked great.    Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 3

    Daan Vijloen Game Reserve

    November 17, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

    After an hour in the reservoir park we went to this game reserve. It’s a big dry land, didn’t find one single wild animal. At least they won’t be roaming around in the bright high noon, at 33 degrees. The gravel roads was quite beaten and bumpy in some sections, it was my first taste of gravel road. It had a campsite and a hotel/restaurant area which Finn said he stayed when he was here last time. The park welcome center was well designed and maintained. We paid the admission fee there. Later I found out it seemed common to pay the admission inside the park, not at the gate of entrance, like Etosha. Therefore it’s very important to keep the receipt. You will have a trouble to leave the park without a receipt.Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 4

    Trans Kalahari Inn, 20 kilo from WDH

    November 18, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    After spending two days in the hotel while waiting for the luggage we decided to move out and camped at Trans Kalahari Inn on the third night. Finn was so happy to be out in the nature and sleep in the car-tent. I was new to all these and didn’t see why a hotel wasn’t better. Of course it’s much more economical to use our car, or it’s like we were double paying for a sleeping place. We had our own toilet and hot shower, plus dish washing sink.

    I cooked the jambalaya for dinner. I prepared to cook this before leaving home and brought the Cajun mixture and Bay leaves with me. However, It was just ok. The rice needed to be cooked for 45 minutes. It would use too much gas, so the rice ended up very al dente.

    We had a beer in the bar/restaurant of the inn. It had a pool where you could also see the sunset. But we didn’t use the pool. Most guests there were Germans. We left for the airport again around 8 pm to see if his luggage would arrive with a flight landing at 8:30. Of course it didn’t arrive. The anxiety was running higher. Finn called KLM again. The rep didn’t sound too friendly at the beginning but went on giving us more information than the reps before her.    Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 5

    The luggage arrived

    November 19, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    After three whole days of waiting, a lot of phone calls to KLM in Amsterdam and three trips to WDH to look for the luggage in person, it finally arrived. Picked up the luggage and out on the way north at 12:00 pm. By the original plan we should make our first stop at Waterburg Plateau National Park, a highland park where some endangered animals, like black rhinos, were put up there to protect them from poaching. However, we had to skip it altogether.Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 5

    On the way north

    November 19, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    On the way to Etosha but don’t know if we could get there before sunset. The park and all campsites/hotels closed the doors at sunset and reopen at sunrise so nobody would be allowed to wondering in the park after dark.

    Highway B1 was a divided highway, almost new. Workers were painting the side road line in yellow in some sections. About 50 kilometers out of Windhoek it became the original two way traffic and remained this way. Still, almost no traffic.

    The roads in Namibia are classified as B road, tarred roads, mostly are two way traffic; C road, gravel roads, quite wide, some in good condition but some corrugated. D road, can be in any kind condition, some are natural terrain, like rocky or sandy, without any maintenance. Some are gravel roads, narrow or wide, most of them corrugated.    Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 5

    On the way to Etosha

    November 19, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C

    Passed Otjiwarongo and heading to Etosha East gate, which was the original plan by Finn, yet one day late. Finn pushed hard in driving. He didn’t want to lose more time on the road. Finally by 6:30 pm, after nearly six and a half hours of driving we got to East gate of Etosha National Park.Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 6

    The first early morning in Etosh, Part I

    November 20, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Animals supposed to be more active in the morning, so we got up by 5:30 as planned and heading out as soon as the door was open.

    We turned north. Finn’s plan was to see the waterholes in that are and come back to the camp for breakfast, then go further west. The morning was quiet, we didn’t see much at first, mostly giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, oryxes (Namibia’s national animal, Finn’s all time favorite because of their symmetric prints, yet he had it for dinner once), ostrich...Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 6

    The first early morning Etosha, Part II

    November 20, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    The Etosha’s pan looked like a big lake on the map but it’s actually a salt flat, which looked very dry and had a little vegetation grown on it. The northern part of Namibia is experiencing a drought since last year. The animals in Etosha are OK with a few natural and more man-made waterholes. It’s said that big numbers of wild animals died in Khaudum National Park that’s adjacent to Botswana.

    Continuing on to explore the east side of the park we saw animals here and there. The most memorable one was at a big man-made waterhole called Stinkywater where we saw so many animals gathering around it’s almost like in a Disney movie. Most were zebras, wildbeasts, kudu, oryx... some of them just stood there, doing nothing. A few antelopes were even sitting on the ground, very relaxed. Too bad my phone camera couldn’t catch it. But I took one zebra having its penis erect long. LOL. We sat there quite long time, at least a half hour, just to look at them, amazed. Finn took many pictures of a few zebras standing in a row aligned. Their stripes looked folding on each other.

    Satisfied with this morning hunt we rushed back to the camp to have breakfast, muesli and milk, packed our chairs and table and kept on going.    Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 6

    After Namutoni... the afternoon hunt

    November 20, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    After a quick breakfast, we packed up heading out the southern line of the park. I paid N$50 for a a WiFi password last night, however, stupidly threw out the little slip, thinking my phone remembered it. But it didn’t. I couldn’t get on. Fortunately the office found me a slip left by a client I got to load my emails before leaving Namutoni. This was the last time to connect to the outside world till we got to Twyfelfortein on the 25th.

    To catch up the time lost we would not spend the night at Halali (we were supposed to be there last night). Instead, we planned to pass there for a cold drink then go to Okaokuejo for the night where Finn had made the reservation for tonight.

    We saw a lion napping under a tree. A team of cars, which had Volkswagen Driving Experience printed on the car, was there first. Finn said the cars were shipped here from Germany for the “driving experience”. Quite a luxury to do it. I wonder if I may find the similar promotional trip with Porsche. LOL

    Also saw a large group of elephants. Quite a sight. The younger ones were really cute.    Read more

  • TravelerNamibia
    Day 6

    Kalkheuwel, Etosha

    November 20, 2019 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    This group of photos covered a bigger area than just Kalkheuwel, most likely the first picture with four giraffes was the only one taken at this location, the rest were not. I decided to leave the rest here because that was how I put them together on the day. I may move them after figuring out where each picture is supposed to be chronologically.Read more

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