Day 1: Waterberg PlateauOur Serviced Camping Safari starts this morning when we meet our guide at 8am in the Foyer of the Windhoek Country Club. We travel off the beaten track towards the Waterberg Plateau. The Plateau itself extends over 48km (29.8 miles) from the southwest to the northeast. Surrounded by a wall of steep, reddish-yellow cliffs which seem to glow at sunrise and sunset, the massif rises at it highest peak in the south-west, whereas the north-east slope is very gradual. Our exclusive campsite is in one of the gorges, which forms a natural horseshoe, and looks down a valley towards the Northern Kalahari. After lunch we enjoy an afternoon walk along the top of the plateau, which affords some magnificent views, and where we might be lucky enough to encounter black or white rhino and buffalo. This evening we enjoy dinner under the canopy of leadwood and acacia trees, which surround our campsite. |