The dunes and busyness 🙂 of Sossusvlei brought us more inland and towards the center of Namibia, only a short hop in a way to Tsauchab River Camp but one that took a while as we couldn’t get there as the crow flies, plus we had to pass by quite a lot of private land too.
So we drove around and decided to make a quick stop at a local campsite that also had a farmstall. The campsite was lovely situated across from a larger lodge and we where kindly invited in by the owners (was it the desert homestead campsite perhaps?) as well as the German couple we had met in Namtib, a few days earlier. They came rushing towards us and handed us a little surprise! The cork board we used for ‘hamertje tik’!! It must have blown away during the night at Namtib, they had found it and brought it with them in the hope to spot us along the way, what a great surprise for us all that we did!
The farmstall was small but lovely and we bought some nice game steaks plus a home made chutney and headed for Tsauchab.
The campsite is amazingly placed in the landscape, basically a large riverbed with a few campsites and chalet scattered around it, we had the first campsite, closest to the main buildings but still had to cross the road and walk about 500 meter orso to get to our actual spot. A huge and lovely place!!
Our campsite not only had private ablutions but also an extra outside shower and toilet, both with amazing views across the landscape.
During the evening we were greeted by the local African Wild Cat who scraped the last pieces from our braai grill, a lovely looking juvenile but large little cat! The staff and owner at the campsite were great, their little shop even sold marbles for Zev to play with as well as lollipops and the best (and heaviest) home made breads. We highly recommend this campsite to people with or without kids, plus people that enjoy free WiFi 🙂
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