Erongo

13 October

Into the interior! And it’s amazing how verdant the dry-grass and bare-tree savannah looks after the desert coast. We wended our way inland to Erongo Wilderness Lodge, hidden amongst a ring of granite koppies, beautiful rust coloured hills of rounded bare rock rising up from the savannah.

The lodge is lovely, of the posh tents variety, though there’s definitely more style than practicality about them! Dark corners, no flat surfaces to put things on, mirror nowhere near electric socket. I still like this place a lot. It’s small, and you really do feel like you’ve been plopped down in the wilderness. The sun on the rust-orange rocks is a sight to behold.

We enjoyed a pleasant sundowner drive to a local rock painting cave (as far as wildlife goes, we only saw a klipspringer – but this isn’t really a safari lodge anyway). The paintings were simple red ochre, surprisingly delicate, and very clear for perhaps being 6000+ years old. There was a handsome rock kestrel couple nesting there too – they flew out on our arrival, and returned once we’d finished exploring the cave.

Night spotlighting around the boulder slopes for 2.5 hours only revealed a single small spotted genet lurking in dense bushes, lots of field mice, and a pair of nightjars on the rocks.

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