Ghaub to Nunda River lodge

Ghaub to Nunda River lodge

Day 6: 22 December

As the air was cool, we had a good nights sleep in fluffy duvets and woke early at 5:00, met for breakfast at 6:15, and left for our next destination: Nunda River lodge. 
First we passed Grootfontein, which houses one of the largest meteorites. Then entered the lush green Kavango region, speckled with kraals, huts, and the odd goat on the side of the road.
We halted in Rundu... and had our packed lunches whilst overlooking the Kavango river, seeing Angola on the other side.
To reach our destination, we still had 200km to drive, and reached the beautiful Nunda River lodge just after 14:00. 

Fishermen catching Tigerfish

View over Nunda River

The afternoon was left to our own leisure and an optional boat trip was offered, which all of us decided to go on. The scenery is amazing, I want to call this piece of land 'the edge of paradise' - being on the edge of the river. We saw plenty of Hippos, some fishermen on their canoes, many birds and a little (month old) crocodile; and then reached the Popa falls, which actually really are a row of rapids.

Nunda River lodge

Popa Falls

View from the deck

There were countless photo opportunities. Our spacious bungalows were right on the waters edge with panoramic views of the river and its inhabitants: hippos & crocodiles & tiger fish.

Rapids of Popa Falls

After the 2 hr boat trip, we met for supper, where there were delicious salads, celery soup, beef stroganoff or optional grilled chicken with rice and vegetables &  as dessert brown pudding with vanilla sauce.

Hippos @ play

Baby crocodile on the embankment

We fell asleep with the rumbling of distant water rapids, the chirping cicadas, the calling of the bullfrog, and inbetween sometimes the grunt of a hippo.

Total kilometres driven for the day: 550km; total time taken 6.5 hrs

Fisherman @ sunset