Miscellaneous Tips (Damaraland)- Hotel Reviews

It had been a long, dusty drive from Terrace Baai. Originally, I had planned to be make it to clear over to the Southern entrance to Etosha and I can’t remember if it was the call of nature or my just wanting to slow things down a bit. After all, plans should change and I was out of mobile phone range.

With no one to interrupt my otherwise perfect day’s drive from the coast into the desert of Damaraland, I pulled out my little map to spot a potential site to bed down for the afternoon / evening. With my throat parched from the Namibian dust that seems to creep into everything, I find a little dot on the map called “Mowani Mountain Camp.” And it’s a good thing my little map lists luxury tented camps.

The warm afternoon sun was beating down on my Jeep as I pulled into grassy plains leading up to the boulder strewn mounts where the camp commands a panoramic view over plains and desert. After securing a tent for the night, I took a cold mid-afternoon shower, donned on my cargo shorts and cracked open a bottle of Guard Peak Merlot to watch the sun finish its track across the empty African landscape. And what was supposed to be a quick, one night stop turned into an unplanned two night stay and trip into the Damaraland to spot the rare desert elephants of Namibia.

Silence……absolute silence…

Miscellaneous Tips, Damaraland

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