09/12: The Caprivi Strip
Category: Bumbling | Posted by: Cads
A corridor that runs along the top of Namibia, over Botswana to Zambia is bound to have a fair amount of political tension. This is where parts of the Angolan war happened. AK47s are still in evidence in the border posts and the entrance to what is now a game reserve.
It's an odd feeling to be driving on a main road that runs through a game reserve. The speed limit is low, (thankfully - we'll miss the animals otherwise), and the road well paved. It feels cooler here, and the end of our Nambian tour is approaching (one more night camping, and one morning in the box and we are in Livingstone, Zambia). We are hopingfor a leopard today, but nothing materializes.
The scenery is much greener - has a more forested feel to it than we had in the main part of Namibia. We had to leave Botswana at 4:30 this morning to deal with the 13k of sand and get to the border for an easy crossing. We aren't awake. No coffee. No sleep and no respite in the box. It's definitely the way to see the country though. Sunsets and sunrises are spectacular, and getting to the Caprivi Strip early means that we get more chances to see wildlife. And once again, it is there almost as soon as we get through the gates. On a main road! We don't see as much as in Etosha, have lunch on the side of the road, but drive into our campsite at around 2pm.
We set up camp and establish that there are showers (apparently hot!) and set off in search of hippos and leopards and elephants and things. There is a great plain that I spend ages staring at through binoculars, thinking that I see a lion on the prowl. It turns out to be a tree trunk.
We do get to see Hippos though - something that we missed in Botswana - you'd think that there'd be a large number of encounters with them in the Delta, but the Mokoro polers do take time to avoid them... they are the most dangerous animal in Africa apparently. We get to see them wallowing around and just generally being hippos. We don't get to see the wide gape that they all seem to do for the cameras, but that's fine.
The morning sees us up and running early again, but there are a few more miles before we get to Zambia. This part of Namibia doesn't inspire the amazement or awe that the rest of the country does, but that might just be 12 days in a box. Next stop? Livingstone, I presume!
It's an odd feeling to be driving on a main road that runs through a game reserve. The speed limit is low, (thankfully - we'll miss the animals otherwise), and the road well paved. It feels cooler here, and the end of our Nambian tour is approaching (one more night camping, and one morning in the box and we are in Livingstone, Zambia). We are hopingfor a leopard today, but nothing materializes.
The scenery is much greener - has a more forested feel to it than we had in the main part of Namibia. We had to leave Botswana at 4:30 this morning to deal with the 13k of sand and get to the border for an easy crossing. We aren't awake. No coffee. No sleep and no respite in the box. It's definitely the way to see the country though. Sunsets and sunrises are spectacular, and getting to the Caprivi Strip early means that we get more chances to see wildlife. And once again, it is there almost as soon as we get through the gates. On a main road! We don't see as much as in Etosha, have lunch on the side of the road, but drive into our campsite at around 2pm.
We set up camp and establish that there are showers (apparently hot!) and set off in search of hippos and leopards and elephants and things. There is a great plain that I spend ages staring at through binoculars, thinking that I see a lion on the prowl. It turns out to be a tree trunk.
We do get to see Hippos though - something that we missed in Botswana - you'd think that there'd be a large number of encounters with them in the Delta, but the Mokoro polers do take time to avoid them... they are the most dangerous animal in Africa apparently. We get to see them wallowing around and just generally being hippos. We don't get to see the wide gape that they all seem to do for the cameras, but that's fine.
The morning sees us up and running early again, but there are a few more miles before we get to Zambia. This part of Namibia doesn't inspire the amazement or awe that the rest of the country does, but that might just be 12 days in a box. Next stop? Livingstone, I presume!
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