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After one year travel abstinence we again jumped into a plane for a flight to beautiful Africa, Namibia it was.

Thursday, 2nd April evening flight from Zurich to Windhoek. It took us one day travelling. Namibia is Africa for beginners I was told. Namibia holds almost 10 languages, among German as it was once a colony of Germany. And most funny thing is that we have the same time, means no time difference. And you drive on the left side, which you need to get used to. Fortunately Theo did all the driving.

We spent our Easter holidays in Namibia, Windhoek escaping the snow and cold.
We stayed for 2 days safari and 8 days doing little hikes and also lots of driving. The weather was nice and sunny and hot. The raining period has stopped, which was perfect for safari.

Friday, 3rd April
First thing at arrival at the airport we learnt that you keep your belongings out of sight in the car and wearing your backpack at the front. If a police stops you because of not keeping the rules (like exceeding speed limit), don't pay on the spot, always ask for a receipt.
Of course we got a fine for speeding and of course Theo paid at the spot. I don't know if this was smart. This was the bad news.

We drove to Waterberg natural reserve. It is so special as the whole mountain range is much higher than the surroundings, therefore all clouds gather there and the rain which falls down gets collected in that area. So this area is quite green and preferred by the animals to have their domicile there. Waterberg natural reserve was our Campground.

We just arrived the Waterberg camping entrance on time, Friday night, just before sunset around 7pm...2 km until the camping site. We did self drive safari. Now the good news comes. We were so lucky, first we saw black pavians (baboons) and a night warden told us that the rhino 🦏 is on this was to mark his territory. We saw our first white rhinoceros. It is the biggest animal after the elephant, it weighs 3 tons and eats 60kg grass per day and runs 30-40km/h. He also has a wife and a new born baby he told us. (Please write in the correct term, not wide and baby). I was so excited when we also spotted giraffes 🦒 🦒 🦒 in the dark. We were so lucky already spotted them on the same day arriving. I was so happy I shared some of my chicken we bought at a fast food restaurant (Hungry Lion) with Shawn, the night warden who excitingly followed us and told us about the White Rhino and that he was taking care of "his big boy" the whole night. As a thank you" I passed him one of my chicken legs🍗 and he was happy about his evening snack.
Then we arrived at the reception and set our tent before a nice shower also saw a honey budger looks a bit like a skunk.Read more