Hi All, we are currently sittting alongside the Kavango River at Ngepi Camp for a second day - and it's bliss. Lyn, Angela, Ralph & I are sitting having what is to become our customary gin & tonic or chardonnay. We are now all experts at immitating a hippo - we've seen and heard so many.
On Day 7 we entered Mahangu River Lodge run by Walter the efficient German with twice filtered water and a swimming pool - very nice, and at R80 pppn camping it's great value - he even had cold draft Hansa! We visited Mahangu game reserve yesterday for an afternoon drive and saw lots of hippo, eland, sable, roan, kudu, tons of MacDonalds (springbok & eland), elephant, red lechwe and hosts of birds.
Yesterday evening we moved to Ngepi - different, we think the owner has a toilet fetish! The photos tell it all. We're currently makingg spag bols as we're all tired of braai at the moment.
Today we visited Buffalo Park Game Reserve (across the Kavango River bridge - got up at 5:30 and packed up the Doddle and we all went in that) and it was brilliant. Lots and lots of buffalo, hippo, elephant (we nearly rode into one), warthog, and the usual game, the eland and kudu are massive. What was more amazing was the remains of the 32 Battalion camp (more like a small town) with the graveyard and Colonel Jan Breytenbach's name on the entrance gate post - very eerie.
Tomorrow we're off the Camp Kwando on the Kwando River, a community project - watch this space!
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| Giant Baobab Tree |
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| Buffalo in Buffalo Park |
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| The Loo with a View! |
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| Graveyard |
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| Campsite at Ngepi |
Ok - have only read this now - and how amazing. Looks like a great time is being had by all and SOOOO much game. Awesome indeed !!
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