Day 1- May 20 9:50am
We arrived in sunny Windehoek!!
All of our flights have been on time or even a little early. The Qatar folks have all been very courteous and easy to deal with. There has been no real drama outside of just the usual 30+ hrs of flight time and layovers without much sleep.
Juan was at the airport to pick us up.
We stopped at Taxidermy ( I can’t spell the name so we are just gonna call it taxidermy) on the way through to town . Had a quick beer while we checked out the studio.
The drive from the airport Khomas Highlands River lodge was a little over an hour.
It’s an easy drive, passing though downtown Windehoek on the way.
Phillip was at the lodge to meet us. The new lodge is amazing! Very modern and lots of room
We had an awesome zebra burger lunch when we arrived.
After lunch Phillip showed us to our rooms so we can take some badly needed showers and get organized. We have been traveling now for 40+ hours with very little sleep…..
@dchum and his father are here and they are knocking ‘em dead and having a blast. Great folks to have in camp with us!
3:30 pm we are showered, and back in the main lodge. Phillip set me up with one of his 300 wm rifles. A Mauser 98 with a custom laminated stock and good optics.
We headed out to the target rangle to make sure it shoots well. A couple shoots off the bench and small scope adjustments, and a couple practice shoots off the quad sticks sticks and all is well.
We take an evening drive through the Khomas Highlands headed for the top of the Highlands. On the drive we see an old warthog, several bat eared fox and a really nice Duiker.
We got to the top of the Highland just in time for a “sundowner” with an amazing sunset on our first day in Namibia.
We got back to the lodge in time to see
@dchum and his father returning from their afternoon hunt with a magnificent oryx. They are gonna have some stories to tell…!!
Dinner was great oryx sheers stuffed meatballs with salad and potatoes. It’s gonna be impossible to loose any weight around this place!
Finally off to be at 9:30 pm…!! It’s been 48+ hrs since we have had any real sleep! Day one is in the books…..