Epacha Game Lodge

 We left Etosha on 25th June & drove via Kamanjab on an endless dirt road to Epacha Game Lodge. We found this place on the internet & it looked good, so we booked & arrived. Both of us fancied a little bit of relaxation in luxury, after the bitterly cold nights camping at Olifantrus.

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Regular at the feeders at this lodge in Kamanjab.

Always a delight to see.

The lodge looks across a valley with plenty of hills.

The lodge blends in well with its surroundings.

Rock Hyrax.

The chalets are on top of a koppie, so we hoped we might find Hartlaub's Spurfowl, but it was not to to be. The game reserve covers around 13,000 hectares of bushveld, which is a combination of flat plains & rocky hills. It has a good range of game & apparently some good bird species. 

Yellow bellied Eremomela

Chestnut Weaver in non breeding plumage.

However we were blessed with bad weather here, high winds & dust storms being the norm! This affected what we could do & we failed to find the Hartlaub's, not even a call at dawn or dusk.

The entrance to the lodge.

Our chalet.

Quite wooded around the back of the chalet.

It was a short stay & we would both like to return again, hopefully experiencing better weather. It was a lovely place to visit but we didn't get the best out of it.