A long ride

This conservation estate is vast. Just one side of the area is about 35km in length. And we are heading to one of those mountains that surrounds the main camp. It's a long drive.

One of the first sights that strike us as we drive through the plateau is the grass. There seems to be a remarkable abundance of vegetation for a desert. We are told they had a drought for 9 years, which is quite common, but it rained in the spring the almost overnight this grass shot up. The first in almost a decade. So it would have looked quite different a few months back. Instead of a simple sandy dessert it looks more like the African savanna we are all used to in photos.

On route we are treated to a few animal sights, but, like our last camp, they are few and far between. Most animals here are prey so they don't exactly hang around when a huge shiny beast comes roaring across the sand. Here are some ostriches and their young.