Started the day off with a beautiful short walk up to the viewpoint near camp. Unbelievably, a family of Rhinos wandered past below us! Felt very lucky to be able to just sit and watch. A super final bit of wildlife spotting, but eventually we had to get going. Once we’d cleaned out the truck… Read more

After leaving Etosha, we spent a delightful day of rest in Tsumeb, before travelling south to the Waterberg Plateau. After all the safari excitement, we needed a day in one place to rest without being ‘wowed’ by anything! Clare had sourced the perfect place, where we had a private little chalet in a sort of… Read more

Up in the dark again this morning in order to be at the park gate for sunrise. We were near the front of the queue and had to show passports and declare if we had any weapons, drones, uncooked meat or plastic bags…. After a quick check in the back to confirm our claims, we… Read more

Out at first light today after a quiet night at camp. Even sleeping with my good ear up, I couldn’t hear a thing during the night. Not even a cricket or a breath of wind to rustle the tent fabric. Very tranquil. The moon is almost full (a Buck Moon I’m told), and the camp… Read more

Our final day of rock climbing in this Spitzkoppe area of Namibia and it’s involved two contrasting ascents.  Right by our camp is a super three pitch climb called Breakfast Scramble, which we climbed shortly after (you guessed it!), breakfast.  It’s in the shade all morning, and has all the ingredients of a fine morning… Read more

The ascent of Pontok 3, has given us cause to declare a day of rest! The mental and physical effort involved in yesterday’s ascent has left us feeling a little drained. As such, no alarm was set and we woke at 8, after a fitful sleep due to a sudden increase in wind speed through… Read more