TauroDoqua Bush Camp: Namibia

 It is a long & complicated drive from Sabie Park to northern Namibia! We arrived at Delana's farm on 10th June. Covid restrictions are still in force in many countries, which means that many borders are still closed & we had to make a huge detour to cross at one which was open.

Back at the Bushcamp!

Delana

Looking towards the waterhole

Warthogs

Bush Squirrel

Common around the camp & always 

looking for food.

Slender Mongoose in the kitchen!

Laundry, the old 

fashioned way!

Just outside our storeroom!

Once again it took us a couple of days to get everything organized in camp. 

But we got a bit of a shock when we arrived, as our jockey wheel on the trailer was missing! We had to get logs to prop the front of the trailer up & then order a new jockey wheel from Windhoek, which hopefully will arrive before we leave for Etosha on 17th June.

Cold at night here.

The weather is lovely in the day time with warm temperatures & no wind. Night times are a little chilly, so a large campfire is called for! 

Adult Gabar Goshawk

A daily visitor to the small waterhole.

We have not done any proper birding yet, as Delana has been working on a proposal. However the waterhole has been quite interesting with regular Gabar Goshawk attacking the hoards of Red billed Queleas coming to drink.

Red billed Francolin.

A daily visitor to the waterhole.

Grey Go-away Bird

Adult feeding a youngster.

Emerald Spotted Wood-Dove

Adult Shikra.

Gabar Goshawk

At least three different birds hunted around

 the waterhole

Little Sparrowhawk

Nice to get this species here!

Long tailed Paradise Whydah

In non breeding plumage.

All too soon it was time to pack up & leave the bush camp, not knowing when we will return. The earliest it could be would be the latter half of 2023! Always sad to leave, but our next destination was right next door: Etosha!