Waterberg Plateau Park
Not such an early start, but again before dawn – in fact the sun seems to rise rather late in Namibia which is a relief for some of us as it is now noted that we don’t have to wake up too early to get the dawn chorus! Trevor and Mags turn to drive so we were relegated to the back seats which were great - not having the pressure of driving and having more space to relax in, just a bit more difficult for two people to swing a camera out of one window. Of course it was quite an experience with Trevor driving 2 k’s forward and 1 k back every time he saw a glimse of a bird. Tip for driving through Rehoboth – ignore the first sign that points to the Shell and 24 hour take aways, unless you want to drive off the main road for a few blocks, rather be patient and drive another km to the BP which would probably have had quicker service on the coffee order. Our stop over was at Waterberg Plateau Park. We had what was referred to as a double room x 2 and were in numbers 6 & 7. First problem noted was that there are no braai facilities next to your room. So even though it was a nice newly redone bathroom, lovely rolling green lawns in front and woodland behind, we had to pack our car and drive down to the campsite where we stood around a braai place which was rather uncomfortable. Also to note was that there is a fridge in the room and a kettle on a tray, but no cups, tea, coffee, etc. Sion and I dipped on a couple of birds that evening (but found later in the trip) as we drove back to where I had left the Leica camera on the back bumper of the car when taking scenery shots of the Waterberg mountains. I sincerely hope the lucky fellow to pick it up puts it to good use and would be very nice if they could email me the pics that were on the memory stick. Birds for the day included ticks for me: the Crimson Breasted Shrike, Rosey Faced Lovebird. Plus photo’s of both Monteiro’s and Damara Hornbills.Waterberg Plateau Park