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The difference between Vumbra and our first camp, King’s Pool was immediately apparent. Whereas King’s pool was full of low trees and shrubs, Vumbra had a lot of open plains. King’s pool was close to a river, but opposite the camp from that river, the landscape was very dry. Vumbra is essentially on a wetland. Animals seemed to keep with their own around King’s Pool, where we saw a lot of mixed herds and areas that had a number of different animals in attendance.

Deserts. Hot, dry, barren. That’s exactly what I see on the descent to the airstrip where we’ll be met by a representative from Wilderness Safaris Damaraland. The temperature in the airplane was fine, but damn, the blowing dust below just screamed “scorcher“. Imagine my surprise when the door opened, and a cool breeze met us! Wow, this place just got so much better!