Sorris Sorris
South Damaraland
Camp 8
We drove from Desert Rhino Camp to Sorris Sorris Camp through Damaraland on rough dirt roads.
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| Chuma has been reliable. |
On the way we stopped at the 4000 year old rock art at Twyfelfontein. Ancient artists used pictographs to depict the animals that they saw. There was only one depiction of a human.
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| The stick is pointing to the human body |
We also stopped at a Damaraland “Living Museum” where Damara Tribes people keep their traditions alive.
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| Girls greet us |
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| They painted Barb’s face with red ochre |
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| They make jewelry |
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| They sing and dance |
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| They put red ochre powder on Barb’s face. Now she looks like a clown, until she rubs it in. |
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| Selfie |
Sorris Sorris is a new lodge and we were very happy to see that it had hard wall surfaces. We have been in tents for the past 15 nights and we are ready for a more clean and comfortable sleep.
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| Looking up at the lodge and the individual villas |
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| The main area |
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| Our room |
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| There are 97 steps down to our villa |
In the morning we went on a walk with our guide Rambo who is from the Himba Tribe. The scenery is beautiful. We have a view through granite boulder landscape toward the Brandberg Massif. This is the tallest mountain in Namibia at about 2700 meters high.
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| Brandberg Mountain |
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| Ready for a hike |
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| Beautiful red rocks |
We drove down to the Ugab River drainage to look at the Desert Elephants.
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| You can get very close to the animals. This bull is huge |
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| Up close and personal |
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| This female was standing with 3 others. She was very relaxed. |
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| This bull is trying to knock the seed pods out of the tree. He is so strong, it’s easy for him to move that tree around. |
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| Elephant hair |
But mostly we just hung out by the swimming pool. It is very hot at about 46 degrees Celsius, which I think is about 115 degrees. It’s hot!
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| The pool area |
We had a nice dinner, and another gorgeous sunset.
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| Sundowner |
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| Selfie |
We have one more camp to go to. Africa is amazing.
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