June 15Wake up call at 5:30am to catch flight to Windhoek, Namibia. As the only passanger in this 15 year old 6 seater Cessna (picture 2) I am again able to sit in the co-pilot seat. My pilot is a young white Namibian who was educated in S Africa and recieved a degree in Economics and accounting.
From the plane I see fingers of the mostly dried up rivers zig-zagging everywhere on this dry, harsh landscape of sand and rock. A natural Dam holds the only water I have seen during my 1 hour flight. Another 1 hr and 45 minute flight on a 20 seater plane takes me to Maun, Botswana, where I am met by an Australian female pilot for a 35 min flight in an even older Cessna and I sit in the co-pilot seat (picture ). Due to the middle of the day heat, this flight is a little bumpy and I feel nausious. We drop off the other 4 passangers and continue another 5 minutes to another field where a guide with a boat is waiting for me and takes me 10 minutes to Camp Xugana in the Okavango Delta.
I am allowed to jog around the camp in a small circle where I can be seen by the staff since dangerous animals may attack me. At 3:30pm our guide, Lets, takes us on a small open boat with a tarp on top (picture 3) to the Hippo pools, through shallow fresh water surrounded by golden papyrus plants (picture 5), water fig bush, reeds, and white, pink and blue water lilly's growing along side (picture 1). We are served drinks and appetizers on the boat as we watch a beautiful sunset (picture 6). We return at 6:30, shower, and served dinner at 7:30pm. This is the typical schedule at all the camps.
Bruce, a hippo that comes into the camp everynight, wakes us up during the night.
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