Today our plan was simple, collect the 4×4, do some shopping and take a short drive down to Lake Oanob Resort to start our trip.
Summary:
- Start: Windhoek
- Destination: Lake Oanob Resort
- Distance: 92km
- Duration Planned: 1h10min
- Duration actual: 1h40min
- Known animals seen: Baboon, Generic Bok, Agama Lizard, Waterbok, Meerkat, Nyala Bull, grey go-away bird
Our plan largely went as expected, the pickup from Bushlore took longer than expected, we had assumed two hours and it took closer to three, but in fairness there was a lot of information for them to share about their very well thought out vehicles, lets just hope we don’t need to use the high lift jack!
On our way out of Windhoek we stopped in a supermarket to pick up some food for the next week and some other general missing items we had already left behind or decided were not good enough (power adapters and a hat). Again this took quite a while but eventually we were ready to set off down to our destination, to sort out the van and enjoy dinner.
While were were driving down south on one of the few tar rods in Namibia, we quickly saw plenty of wildlife, including boks&baboons, along with plenty of stunning scenery. As were were arriving I remembered that there was an option of a self drive trip around the resort, something which I am very glad we took the opportunity todo.
After waiting for the main heat of the day to pass, we headed off on the self drive. It is safe to say that for a while it was seeming fairly underwhelming, just seeing a bird with a strange name (Grey go-away-bird) and a lizard, however things picked up when Becky spotted a Waterbok hiding in the bushes, which also had a calf with it. As we were then driving back towards the main gate we saw a family of Meerkats crossing the path, which we found very exiting, however what was even better was when their home was just off the track.
We sat and watched the family of 5 Meerkats, being very typical meerkats which was really wonderful to see, and certainly made our day. On our route back to the campsite for dinner we also saw a Nyala bull to finish our bonus mini-safari off, not too bad for day 1.
We then finished our day with dinner at the campsite’s restaurant, in the setting sun, while sat above the lake. A great way to finish our first day in Namibia, in preparation for the real adventure to start tomorrow.
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