Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Quiver Tree Forest Rest Camp, nr Keetmanshoop 11/10/11 (Day 37)




Woke to a beautiful sunrise



We are miles away from anyone (still @ Anib), so one tends to prance around scantily clad to say the least. There's something deliciously decadent about showering in the open and walking around naked in the bush.

Arrived at Quiver Tree in the heat of the midday sun (in retrospect that's pretty much the norm!).







I finally managed to capture the elusive love bird (sort of) - there were three of them and it took much stealth to get anywhere near enough to try and capture a pic.



The minute I got closer, he took off. This is not the most brilliant pic and framing is really bad, but given how quick the little blighter was, I'm quite chuffed:



They have a Cheetah project here which afforded us a photo opportunity. In total, they have 7 cheetah ranging in age from 1 year to the old girl whose 17. Ali, one of the 1 year old brothers:



Talk about being caught 'twixt & 'tween - awesome moonrise on one side:



While sun was setting on other:



Ah, all is good in Africa!

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