Duke wrote:Skilpadjies
And a midnight drive for just the 4 of us! That was fun...
We rented a Terios 4x4 for our trip. I had never used a 4x4 before... Red Sands Lodge has a self-drive game drive...a 4x4 self-drive game drive...

All went well until I happily cruised DOWN a steep incline and realized the road stopped at the fence. Nobody told me going UP would be the problem. But I learnt how to use 4x4 mode in a couple of minutes!

This is the easy part of the drive:
We stayed in a bungalow but loved the campground so much, we'll be camping there on our next trip.

You have your own solar-powered bathroom/kitchenette and lapa with braai plus each stand has a big tree:
Before we left for Augrabies the next morning, we were talking to a couple camping there on their way to Hentiesbaai. The lady warned me - if you love Augrabies, you'll love Namibia. I think she may just be correct.
With temperatures hovering around 42 degrees when we arrived at Augrabies, we decided to rather go for a drive with open windows than get stuck in the airconned bungalow:
As we were driving back to camp the weather started looking ominous with some totally awesome light play:
Saw some young giraffe and vervets on our way:
We wanted to see the falls of course and the paw-paw struck the fan:
A cloudburst hit as we were watching the falls from the viewing decks. We, and many others, got soaked to the skin. Duco tried to protect his camera but when he tried to photograph an eagle owl sitting just outside our front door later that evening, he got an error - the camera refused to work. There we were, in the middle of nowhere, the 15th of December.
Did get rewarded with a beautiful sunset rainbow:
