Moving to the Exclusive Camp Site

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Geo: -15.9455, 29.3115

This morning Paul, John and I went for a game drive. We left at 6am and drove towards Vundu Point. Along the way we saw a few small breeding herds of elephants, baboons, impalas, various birds, waterbuck, warthogs, zebras, kudus, hippos and lots of beautiful scenery.

We got back to our camp at Nyamepi at 10am. It was now time for breakfast, then packing up and having a shower.

Soon after we were ready to say goodbye to this camp site and hello to a new one. It was about a 20 minute drive. We were hoping that we would not have to wait for the previous campers to pack up. When we arrived there were some campers who had stopped for coffee, so it didn't take long for them to pack up and leave. While they finished their coffee, we went for a drive to the next camp site, just to compare the view.

Our new camp site at Mucheni Camps, site number 3. It was very, very basic, but in another fantastic location, right on the river with not another soul in sight. There was no shower, no running water and just a drop toilet. What makes this camp site exclusive, is that you are at least 400 metres apart from the neighbours, site 2 and site 4.

As we were setting up our tents, a couple of elephants walked by. It was only about 3 metres from our toilet. They were so close to us that we had to stop, watch them and get excited at their close proximity to our camp site.

We finally set up our tents and started to relax in our chairs by the river.

The afternoon was spent relaxing at our camp site and enjoying all the wonderful wildlife around us. This afternoon I did not feel the need to drive anywhere, as all the animals came to us!

This evening we enjoyed another beautiful sunset and silence all around, as the closest campers were about 400 metres away.

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Photos

01 Scenery
Some of the picturesque scenery from our morning game drive.

02 Hiding
A couple of elephants hiding behind the bushes.

04 Herd
A small breeding herd of elephants.

05 Head
A head shot of one of the adult elephants.

06 Stretching
An elephant stretching its trunk to reach the leaves that are up high.

08 Tracks
Crocodile tracks along the road.

09 Running
A herd of waterbuck running along.

10 Scenery
Some of the picturesque scenery from our morning game drive.

11 Warthogs
A few warthogs can be seen under the tree.

12 Elephant
The elephant is resting its trunk on its tusk.

13 Scenery
Some of the picturesque scenery from our morning game drive.

14 Scenery
Some of the picturesque scenery from our morning game drive.

15 Vundu Point
The scenery form Vundu Point.

17 Hippos
A large pod of hippos in the river at Vundu Point.

18 Scenery
Here there is a Saddle Billed Stork, a couple of baboons, various birds and a kudu.

20 Webs
This tree was full of webs - we got out of the car to have a closer look.

21 Webs
Spider webs on the tree.

22 Insects
The insects that were living on the large web.

23 Strangler Fig
A strangler fig has overtaken this tree.

24 Closer Look
Paul and John having a closer look at the webs.

26 Mother & Calf
A baby elephant and its mother.