In our last three days we have to cover the approximately 1000km back to Windhoek. So that this becomes no pure Fahrerei, we plan three stopovers: the east and west part of the Bwabwata National Park and the Waterberg Plateau.
In the Bwabwata we get the last place in a great camping site directly on the river with a view of the national park. The pitches are huge with >500m² and we enjoy the afternoon and evening on the terrace of the bar on the river – only somewhat disturbed by a somewhat intrusive bus tour group from the Ruhrpott. In the morning we are slightly shocked when the whole group arrives for the morning boat trip, but we are lucky and get our own boat incl. super nice captain. This drives us about 2.5 hours across the river and we sight one of the main reasons for the boat trip: several larger hippo families wallowing in the shallow water <3
The rest of the day we spend with two safaris in the park, always looking for wild dogs and hoping for another leopard. Unfortunately, this time without luck, but we still arrive with an exciting experience in the luggage at our next campsite:
While we drive through the national park – and because of the approaching sunset are already a bit stressed – is suddenly an elephant in front of us on the road. The stories from the Etosha National Park still in the back of the head, we stop, wait until he moves a good 20m in the direction of the bush and drive slowly past him. When we stop for a quick photo again briefly, he turns around, wiggles his ears and trumpets us so loudly that Kerstin almost falls the camera out of her hand… That was quite a clear request to continue…. 🙂
After another night on a beautiful campsite on the river, we can still observe the hippos and a herd of buffalo the next morning. And we are even briefly witnesses a lioness on hunt, but so far away that it is hardly recognizable… Photos are not even to think about…
So far we are saturated by the Caprivi Strip and continue to the Waterberg Plateau, where we will spend our last day. The drive and the landscape are once again spectacular, the plateau suddenly juts out of the flat landscape. It’s as if someone had artificially placed it there, and in fact it serves mainly as a reserve for the highly endangered white and black rhinos, which have been settled here for their own protection. Unfortunately, the morning safari – with unfortunately uninspired guide – can not keep up with the landscape at all, but at least we still get a buffalo up close in front of the lens 
We spend our last night two hours from Windhoek on a private farm with a waterhole, a crocodile and beautiful sunset with Namibian beer before we return the car the next morning and are taken to the airport.
NAMIBIA was definitely worth the trip!