Day 21: Divindu to kongola
With the heat, snoring and snorting I eventually fell asleep around 11. Only to be woken up at 4am with a commotion happening in another camp site (all camp sites here are private). It turned out a rather large lady had fallen out her rooftop tent. She was absolutely fine, thank heavens, but you would would have sworn she needing to be medivaced by the way she was carrying on. Anyway that was my sleep done for the night.
With 2 nights left in Namibia, before starting our trip home through Botswana, we decided that camping in the heat was no fun. Also by now having learned, sure took its time, that we are back in a busy tourist region, that we should maybe book ahead. We have booked rooms for the next two nights at lodges at our new favourite Gondwana Lodges Collection. It’s a no brainer, we get 40% discount on all accommodation and food. The lodges are situated in beautiful settings. The rooms are great, food is good and the staff have all been well trained. Also they are big into sustainability.
We were packed and on our way by 8:30. It was another easy days drive, 220km of good tarred roads. Today was going to be another scorcher, at 9am it was 30 degrees. We entered a game park area along the main road, with signs warning us of everything from snakes to ellies but it is also a multi-use zone and we only saw hutted villages.
Nearing our destination we crossed over the Kwondo River. The road into Namushasha River Lodge had beautiful big trees. Our room has a verandah with stunning views overlooking the Kwondo River, it’s flood plains and Bwabwata Park.
The source of the is Kwondo is at Mount Tembo, on the Angolan Plateau. It flows down into the Zambezi region and forms the border between Namibia and Botswana. It breaks into channels which ultimately merges with the Zambezi. At this stage massive volumes of its water are lost due to evaporation.
We had lunch around the pool and spent the afternoon in our cool room, watching the birds and animals. We saw lechwe, buffalo and crocodiles.
We then had sundowners on the deck and enjoyed a delicious dinner and with some nice red wine.
Pandas in Africa 