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Divundu

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    • Day 12

      zur Nunda River Lodge

      October 11, 2023 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 38 °C

      Noch einmal müssen wir nicht so unchristlich zeitig aufstehen, heute werden es nur 170 km. Nach Sonnenaufgang und einem gemütlichen Frühstück mit Blick in die Landschaft werden wir mit dem Boot (heute wieder schnell) zum Bus gebracht - eine letzte Möglichkeit, nach Tieren Ausschau zu halten und die nutzen wir.
      Ein prächtiger Reiher zeigt sich von seiner besten Seite, ein Krokodil ist zu faul zum Abtauchen, zwei Schreiseeadler sagen tschüss und dann kommen wir unerwartet nah an zwei weitere Krokodile heran. Sie können nicht mehr flüchten, sie sind tot. Unser Ranger meint, in der Nacht erschossen. Den Farmern sind sie eben ein Dorn im Auge, sie fressen allzu gern deren Vieh...
      Wir fahren wieder nach Simbabwe hinein, überqueren dabei den Okawango und erreichen die Nunda River Lodge. Der Besitzer nennt sich Cam, begrüßt Jeden mit Handschlag und beantwortet in einwandfreiem Deutsch aber auch jede Frage.
      Wieder beziehen wir ein großzügiges Zelt, auf dessen Terrasse wir den freien Blick auf den Kawango genießen. Die Lodge ist mit 4 Sternen bedacht, die sie aber auch verdient!
      Bei 42°C im Schatten lassen wir es gaaanz ruhig angehen, man ist ja schließlich nicht auf der Flucht. Doch lange hält unser Müßiggang nicht an, da ruft am Nachmittag noch eine Jeep-Safari durch den tierreichen Mahango Nationalpark...
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    • Day 7

      Tanken vor der Weiterfahrt

      February 12, 2020 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Wir fahren nach dem ausgiebigen Frühstück wieder zurück auf die Hauptstraße durch den Caprivi. Zuerst werden jedoch in Divundu alle Autos betankt.
      Es dauert eine ganze Weile, bis alle Tanks voll sind, da jedes Auto zwei hat.
      Alles geht auf eine Rechnung und wir müssen immer parallel kontrollieren und schließlich bezahlen.
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    • Day 11

      Auf dem Weg nach Botswana

      July 31, 2023 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      Der Abschied fällt schwer von dieser ungewöhnlichen Unterkunft. Nach einem guten Frühstück mit Vögel geht es Richtung Grenze. Heute Nacht war es kalt aber mit beheizten Decken war es im Zelt kein Problem. Nur geduscht hat keiner draußen bei 1 Grad C 😉.
      Wieder geht es auf die B8, gefühlt stundenlang geradeaus nur unterbrochen von 2 Baustellen. Links und rechts die Hütten der Kavangogruppe, ab und zu überqueren Tiere die Fahrbahn .
      Tankanzeige steht auf Null, das kann eigentlich nicht sein. Nach gründlicher Inspektion stellt sich raus, dass einer der beiden Tanks leckt und Diesel verliert. Nach Anruf bei Taruk fahren wir erstmal weiter🤔🙈.
      Ca 30 km vor der Grenze wieder Schotterpiste, hoffentlich hält der andere Tank.
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    • Day 12

      Day 12 - Rundu to Mahango Park

      August 16, 2023 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Drive : 172km
      Accommodation: Ngepi Camp site

      No better way to be waken up than by the song of many birds. Waking up under the trees in Mukuku offered just that. Dozens of alarm calls running off all at the same time.
      Enough to get us promptly out of bed and head back to the jetty to watch the sunrise and admire the birds. Many new checks on our bird booky!

      Our next destination was just around the corner, a short 3.5 hours away, so we took our time to catch up on reading, blogging and napping by the pool.

      Getting excited for the next part of the adventure we headed off just after lunch to Ngepi, a stop-over to break the long drive to Botswana. We didn’t have much expectations for this camp but it seemed like a cool place to chill for 2 days by the river.

      A long and straight tar road to Divundu, once again zigzagging between cows, goats and smiling students, and we were ready for our turn off. Many little villages are organized here around the Kavango river, selling their wood fire and wood sculptures to the tourists passing by.

      Finally the Ngepi sign "7km down" followed by a multitude of fun notes about the road, some encouragements and generally loads of notes taking a piss at 4x4 drivers (see pictures)

      As we arrived in Ngepi, we discovered an amazing camp site, just on the Kavango river. A well decorated bar, a beautiful restaurant on a deck overlooking the water, loads of trees and thick grass to sit and read.

      We heard a little commotion coming from the observation deck: a pod of Hippos napping and playing around on the bank accross.

      But the highlight was truly to discover our camp spot, a patch of grass under the trees with an incredible view of the river. It was like stepping into a 3D projection of "Planet Earth"! The other side of the river was part of the Mahango Bwabwata National Park and looking straight from our camp we could see elephants, hippos, water bucks, warthogs, buffalo and many different bird species.

      We set up camp and we were ready to hop on the sunset boat cruise. Meandering between the pods of Hippos playing in the water, we made our way to the other side of the river, by the former "Buffalo military Camp". The soldiers have left and nature took back what was rightfully hers.

      The first sighting, one of Lars' much expected one, the fish eagle, watching proudly over the river. As we continued gliding on the water, crocodiles, little bee eaters, and many elephants came to greet with the most incredible sunset in the background.

      Coming back to camp and as starting to cook, the symphony of the night started, all the birds singing and all the hippos chatting in the water below our camp. Just then, one of our neighbors, a little girl came to tell us that the previous night, the hippos came out of the water to graze on the camp grass, "so just if that happens, stay in your tent and you'll be fine". What an adventure !!

      As we dined on Leo's sauté potatos, bacon and snails in the Potjie, surrounded by so much nature and wild life, we truly felt like the luckiest people on the planet.
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    • Day 13

      Day 13 - Mahango national park

      August 17, 2023 in Namibia ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

      Accommodation : Ngepi Camp site

      Starting our day early with a breakfast on the camp site deck overlooking the river. Goggles in hand we could admire the morning routine of all the birds, starlings, weavers, bee eaters..

      Time to go and discover Bwabwata national park. And what a highlight! A very small park just few kms away from Ngepi, with one main road crossing to Botswana and a loop to look at the animals by the river. The best part was the numerous off road routes leading straight into the river beds and sand banks, giving us many opportunities to simply park to observe. And with so much to see! The real wildlife as Lion King depicted it. All around the water, hundred of species and thousands of animals living together. All types of deers, elephants, hippos, monkeys, giraffes, ostriches, buffalos, crocs and more types of birds we could ever think of. We just sat there trying to take it all in.
      What a surprise and a gift!

      Back at the camp for a light lunch, cold beer and little swim in the river cage! (Created to enable us to swim in the croc and hippo infested waters !)
      And time to get cooking!
      Tonight's menu, Lars' 4h oxtail and red wine potjie and Leo's homemade vetkoeks, a south African bread.
      Chopping and mixing and searing and kneading. Everything was ready for the next few hours of simmering and rising.
      One last check up to smell the incredible aromas coming out and stirring the pot.
      "You should leave the potjie alone" they say.
      So we did and took a sunset stroll through the camp.
      Coming back for the apéro and a few games of Yahtzee, listening to the bubbling stew in the background in it's 3rd hour of cooking.
      As we opened to check it we found a completely black burnt gooh on the bottom. Not what the recipe looked like.
      But luckily we still had the bread !
      As Leo put the dough balls on the grill, we quickly realized that was not going to make dinner either. The dough having now turned into compact flour.
      From our original juicy oxtail Potjie and fresh vetkoeks, we were now looking at carbonized meat and brick bread.

      The gnocchi and caned Bolognese thankfully managed to turn around Leo's hangry melt down and Lars's afrikaaner's disappointment.

      What a day!!
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    • Day 2

      Divundu

      September 2, 2015 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      In der Rainbow River Lodge übernachteten wir zweimal - einmal davon als einzige Gäste. Romantisch und gespenstisch zugleich war also das Dinner am Fluss; ein Tisch nur für uns gedeckt. Im Hintergrund hörten wir das Grunzen der Flusspferde.
      Unser erster Selfdrive war sehr erfolgreich: wir sahen neben zahlreichen Zebras, Velvet Monkeys und Impalas zwei Büffel und mehrere Hippos.. (Büffel gehören zu den Big Five)
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