Naimbia

It was a long but pleasant day from Cape Town to the Namibian border crossing. Fortunately our campground on the south side of the Orange River was flooded from recent rains so we crossed over to the Namibian side to Felix Unite campground which is delightful.
We had a huge dinner at the bar-restuarant. Set up our tents in the quiet above the Orange River. I get my own tent for the trip which is very cool. Here is the scene that greeted me in the morning of the second day.




Eight of us then went back to South Africa and paddled canoes for 12k back to camp on the Namibian side of the river. Along the cliffs we were surprised by a gorgeous African Fish Eagle, several African Darters, and lots of Pied Kingfishers. The African Fish Eagle looks very much like the American Bald Eagle and is about the same size.
At 12:30 we packed up camp and moved on to the Fish Canyon.





On the way I stopped at this quiver tree surrounded by a highly toxic Rhino plant that has been the cause of several deaths recently including a whole rugby tean that used it for fire wood on a camping trip. The Rhinos and the Oryxes can eat the Rhino bush. The quiver tree gets its name from the San People or Bushmen that use the hollowed out branches for arrows.

The river was surpringly full at the bottom of the canyon. All the hills had a green sheen from all the recent rain. While hiking the cliffs I found this beautiful beetle sucking the milky sap from this small bush.



After I set up my tent for the night I looked above and found a Masked Weaver bird enticing females to his suite of 7 nests. In the morning guess what my tent looked like.