Hello again - not really Easter, but may as well keep this one going.
Been sitting at home these past few nights poring over the maps and turning only half an attention span to Mrs S3ute and the S3 juniors attempts at engaging conversation........ Well, the rainy season back in southern Africa is still a little way off, but I hear its call anyway.
Another trip to Zimbabwe before Xmas beckons, but I have a bit of a dilemma in this case because I am keen to go back to Hwange NP but to forego the previous glamp and delve deeper into the heart of the place. This in itself has a few logistical challenges - being "outback" Zimbabwe and the wet season combined, the roads will be trickier than usual and the thought of renting a Defender comes to mind.
Easier said than done because car rental companies within Zimbabwe are a bit scarce on the ground and that is exacerbated when the target is a British jeep. The other challenge is a personal one of sorts because the option is there to forego a bit of comfort and safety in numbers by heading into the interior to a little known gem called Kapula camp which is basically 4 tents and a kitchen/sundowners tent plunked down by a waterhole far from the madding crowd - but not the roaring, howling or slithering crowd from all accounts.
A few photos for context:
Unlike most camps, this one is small, isolated, unfenced - but also the tents are essentially on the ground and by late spring may have a metre or so of high grass surrounding them - 2 are at least a metre off the ground which might have some token protective value.
Probably of more concern is that the camp is likely to have no one else there at that time of year - so, the question is am I up to it?
Probably, but if the previously chronicled half-chewed Andre is to be anything of a mentor on the matter it may be touch and go.
Mrs S3ute reckons the snoring would be either an attractant or a deterrent - not really sure how to put that to the test.
Something to ponder over for now.
Cheers,
Neil
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