Noordoewer to Mariental, Hardap Wildlife Reserve
Most of today was driving again – unfortunately we have to deliver the campervan to Windhoek by the 24th, which means we can’t travel as leisurely as we’d like if we’re to fit some of the “must see” sights in Namibia.Initially it was a little like driving across the Nullarbor, very little vegetation, however unlike the Nullarbor there were hills and mountains in the distance. Then the scenery changed and we came across the green desert. Namibia had received more rain since November than most people can remember, so the desert is covered in a green tinge and the temperature was quite pleasant (heat crisis adverted for the moment!).
We stopped at Keetmanshoop for some groceries and were seriously hassled by the local teenagers to buy their wares. It was really full on (the first time in Africa we have felt under siege), we jumped in the van and locked the doors. A kid of all about 12 had “looked after” the van for us while we shopped and seemed pleased with the 30 cents we paid him. We had a laugh afterwards, if some thugs wanted to break into the van he would have been totally useless (so you may question why we needed to lock the doors - but there were lots of them!)We decided to spend the night in a Namibia Wildlife Reserve, once again we found we were the only people here! We took ourselves on a short safari before sunset – we didn’t find the rhino’s but did see a warthog, ostriches, antelopes and baboons.
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