After our organisation day in Tsumeb, we left for Rundu which was not a long driving day either. We just needed some slower days after all these busy ones in Etosha I guess! So we found us a nice campsite on the river, looking over to Angola, where we relaxed in the afternoon. Unfortunately, we also discovered that we had a small leak in one of our tyres, so next day we had to get that fixed.

Our next stop was near Divundu where we did an afternoon game drive in Mahango Game Reserve – surprisingly great! We didn’t see any cats, but were busy the whole time looking at smaller animals such as the rare sable antelope that we hadn’t seen before.

At the waterhole, we ran into a herd of elephants who we watched for a long time. At one point, they scared each other or so and all ran backwards suddenly. A scary moment, since we were parked not too far away!

Since we had liked Mahango GR so much, we decided to visit another part of Bwabwata national park next morning: the Buffalo Core area. The wetland scenery was very pretty and we did end up seeing a herd of buffaloes! Overall though, we preferred Mahango GR.

From here, we went on to a campsite near Kongola where I attempted and successfully delivered my first ever BBQ! Unfortunately, we discovered yet another tyre puncture, caused by an evil thorn which was still stuck in there…

So next day, we had to get that fixed in Katima Mulilo. But before that, we visited the 3rd main part of the Bwabwata national park: the Kwando Core area. We drove in sometimes deep sand up until horseshoe bend – a photogenic river bend. It seemed though that we had chosen the wrong time: in the morning, the park felt very empty. Only on the way out we were lucky at a waterhole to see an elephant herd for a short time, before they left. Too bad, no luck with cats again!

In Katima Mulilo we got the tyre fixed and did some more groceries before spending a last night in Namibia close to the border to Botswana which we crossed next day…