Sorting out Scenic Air departure times for tomorrow’s flight to Sossusvlei takes up some time this morning. A drive to Walvis Bay 30 odd kilometres away is disappointing – a hard-working grimy sea port, with […]
Early morning fog blankets the valleys of Damaraland, as seen around and from Mowani Mountain Camp. It burns off relatively quickly on the road to Uis, and is gone by 08:30am. The drive out of […]
Damaraland has surprising patches of green, associated with natural springs. The desert-adapted elephants are smaller than the elephants of Etosha and elsewhere in Africa, but are not a sub-species – they have simply adapted to […]
It’s time to leave Ongava Tented Camp behind, and I’m on the road to Mowani Mountain Camp before 9am. It’s 18km from the Tented Camp to the front gate, and each time I drive it […]
The comedy of errors continues at Ongava Tented Camp when I’m woken at 5.30am for no reason. Apparently someone got it into their head that I was travelling with a couple of Brits as we […]
Today is a full day in Etosha, as I leave Onguma Tented Camp (which was fantastic), to head across Etosha National Park to the south-western Anderson Gate, beyond which Ongava Tented Camp is located. It’s […]
