Thursday, August 12, 2010

Namibia - Cape Cross, Spitzkoppe

This morning we got up and went for a walk before breakfast to enjoy the beach one last time before heading back into the desert.... a very nice way to start the day.
After restocking the supplies of food, we were off again towards our campsite at Spitzkoppe. On the way, we detoured to Cape Cross which has one of the largest seal colonies in the world... between 80,000 - 100, 000 seals at any one time! Huge numbers, very cool... and very smelly :-0! 
We also stopped at Kotara Primary School in Spitzkoppe. This was a beautiful experience. A number of the kids at this school live at the school and travel for 2days by bus to get home to Northern Namibia. We listened to them raise their voices in harmony as only African kids can and then watched as they showed us a few dance moves... and Brii was picked to show them a few of hers whilst trying to learn :-). 
We arrived in the campsite by mid afternoon and set off for an exploration walk. Our campsite is quite stunning... although does remind us a lot of Yulara National Park (Uluru etc). We found some nice scenery but not much else... saw a few animals but are still waiting to see the big animals. Although it must be said we have seen lots of Springbok and a few Oryx, Kudu’s, and we may have spotted some Zebra yesterday... We go to Etosha National Park tomorrow... Game parks here we come!

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