This afternoon after a delicious lunch at Leylandsrift, we are back in the air....I think we hit the coast at Cape Frio with another seal colony...today the wind has come up and it makes the coastline look more ominous....I wouldn't like to be out here in one of their winter storms...
We swing back over land again and come across this odd phenomenon....the fairy circles...as you can imagine some speculations as to their origin have been wild & fanciful....including the supernatural but it is now believed that these circles are due to termite activity...with a nest at the centre of each circle....
On arrival at the airstrip, there is the standard vintage white Landrover waiting for us and we set off as camp is a fair distance away. We stop for a drink & to let the mother-in-law cool down as it is hard work through all this sand...the colours remind me of one of my niece's sand art kits...
En route we also stop off at the hanging rock....years ago when things were a little more uncertain in these parts the Schoeman family used to camp here....
After about an hour and a half the landscape starts changing and we are nearing our destination....
Landrover tracks in the red sand of the Kunene........
Finally our first glimpse of the Kunene River....we are right up on Namibia's northern border now & on the other side of the river is Angola......
The only way to get to camp is straight down the dune....it was pretty scary from inside the 4x4 as we inched our way down so can't imagine what it must have been like for the two who were up on the roof....I think they were clinging on for dear life...
This is where we've just driven/slid down....photographs don't quite do justice to the steepness of the incline....
This trip looks fascinating, and once again many amazing photos and scenes!
Posted by: Danya | 18/01/2011 at 15:32