After a delicious lunch we had a couple of hours downtime before heading out for a drive and a reality check – having had exclusive use of the vehicles in Kenya in January, all 9 of us are now squeezed into one truck (we’d been praying since we booked that just 1 more person would join the tour and then 2 vehicles would be supplied). In the event there wasn’t a great deal to see but we have asked Carlos to find out the availability of vehicles when we get to Etosha and providing the cost is affordable we’ll get our own vehicle/guide for a couple of the drives.
Namibia's bit of the Kalahari Desert (it's mostly in Botswana) isn't particularly desert-like, but consists of semi-arid scrub land and some sandy areas.
One thing that was really interesting was the Sociable Weaver nests which are absolutely huge and are sometimes occupied for many years – others just topple over due to their size and weight.
A few other sightings
Ground Squirrel
Red Dragonfly
Ostrich
Korhaan
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Abandoned Ostrich Eggs (a male usually has 3 or so females on the go and all the eggs are piled together for hatching, consequently some on the outer edges do not hatch and are left to rot).
Ant Eating Chat
Zebra (although considerably further away than we’ve seen them previously but I thought it would be rude not to take a photo or 50!)
The sunlit grass reminds me of Lewa Downs in Kenya although this is a more yellowy-silver. We stopped for the obligatory sundowner and enjoyed the ever changing colours of the sand.
