And onwards to Windhoek!

Jane, Harry, Kin amd me at the
Africat offices

And so we come to the end of the first 2 weeks of my adventures in Africa. It has been hard work, and I have plenty of cuts and bruises to show for my hard work! I have learnt so much about the animals and the place, and the people have been really good fun. Clive and Roma, who run the project, are incredibly passionate about the work that they do here along with all the volunteers, and Beth who helps to run the project (and coincidently is Australian) knows so much about the plants and animals of the reserve. To end my time on the project we had a visit to the Rare and Endangered Species Trust, where I got to feed a vulture!

There were 11 volunteers helping throughout the 2 weeks from across Europe and further afield. There were certainly a few characters in the group, but a lot of hard workers and a lot of laughs were had by all. Luckily there were a few people who stayed on in Windhoek after the project had finished, which was nice because it meant that I wasn’t alone while I was there. On the way back to civilisation we stopped off at an African wood market which was an experience- every two steps a vender would ask if we would like to visit their stall, and we were told that if we wanted anything we should halve the asking price and haggle from there!



Christuskirche, Windhoek

On the recommendation of every person who had ever been to Windhoek, and every guide book going, we booked into Joe’s Beerhouse. I can tell you, everyone was not wrong! I had an amazing kebab of ostrich, zebra, kudu, springbok and chicken (very strange having spent 2 weeks watching half of these animals from a truck!). I would definitely recommend zebra if you ever get the chance to try it (as cute as they are!).





Cocktails on the roof of the Hilton Hotel

Windhoek itself is quite small, and not particularly interesting. All of the locals warned us that Windhoek was not very safe but I didn’t run into any problems- apart from the internet being so very slow! I was fortunate that one of the other volunteers had far too much money and not enough sense, and was staying in a suite at the brand new Hilton Hotel. So for two days myself, Anja and Ben sunbathed by the pool, sipping cocktails and eating good food. It was a nice relaxing way to end my time at the project before starting my adventure tour of Namibia.