Day 2: Windhoek to Erindi Game Park

We visited a doctor at Windhoek for the Malarone tablets to counter the Malaria problems. But in the end we decided not to take it, mainly due to the side effects and also owing to its high costs, and concentrate on the precautions and symptoms. The nurse even joked that we can try the gin and tonic to thwart the Malaria mosquitos.

We picked the 4 x 4, Toyota Hilux from Britz near to the airport. We felt the car that we got was not really in good shape, but we trusted the good old Hilux. We started from there around 2 pm and stopped at the supermarket on the way at Windhoek. The thump rule for our trips is to get atleast enough water to survive for a week. The rest is some fresh food for couple of days and some packed food and snacks for 5 days. We were back to the road at 4:15 pm and Bru was driving and our destination was the privately run Erindi game park in central Namibia. We were supposed to take the highway B1 to Otjiwarongo, but on the way we missed the highway and landed up in the B2 to Swakopmund in the opposite direction somehow. So we were forced to take an alternate gravel road (D). In a way it was good as we started seeing a lot of game on the way – springbok, gemsbok, waterbuck, warthog etc.

Once inside the Erindi park we came across a bull, our first ellie in Namibia. I thought it was not a bad start at all. The park is huge, with a lot of wildlife, and around 70,000 hectares with AK 47 wielding guards to prevent poaching.  We camped at the elephant camp in Erindi. It was an expensive campsite for our budget. In the night it was very windy, so it was not quite easy hold the fire in the wind while cooking. We went to bed after eating some nice pasta.