Back at camp, we head to the pool for a swim, it's a bit colder than expected but really refreshing. We relax a bit, chatting to an American lady who lives in Ethiopia, and admiring an Acacia Pied Barbet eating dates from a nearby palm. After a swim we are ready for lunch, delicious jaffles filled with combinations of tuna, sweetcorn, beans and cheese.
After lunch we drive the 14km to the Canyon lodge to spend the afternoon with my folks. The lodge is really beautiful, laid out amongst enormous rock formations, with many paths leading between the units. We head down to the pool and relax there for quite a while, chatting, swimming and snoozing on the comfortable recliners.
Close to sunset, it is time for a hike up the nearby hill. We take a shortcut and make it to the top before the rest of the lodge guests, securing us the best position from which to watch the sunset. The views are awesome, we can see all the way to the Canyon village, another accommodation option, and we look down on the pristine green lawns of the Canyon Lodge. The sun starts to set and lights the sky aflame with pinks and golds and oranges.
As everyone else starts heading back down, Werner and I sit just a little longer, long enough to spot an owl on one of the nearby rocks. Eventually the staff ask if we are ok... And we decide to head down as well, tummies growling in anticipation of dinner. We are given a beautiful outside table, with views over the dessert gardens of the lodge, all beautifully lit up. Our starter is seafood in phyllo pastry, and that is followed by a buffet, including butternut soup, salads, pork in mustard sauce and leg of lamb. Dessert is a guava trifle of sorts, all very nice.
After dinner we drive back to our campsite at the Roadhouse, getting a little lost along the way in the darkness, but also admiring the amazing stars painted across the pitch black sky.
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Location:Canyon Lodge, Namibia
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