D12(3): Van Zyl's Pass (VZP) - Marienfluss - Syncro camp, Cunene River (88km)
Our journey to Camp Syncro had to be faster than we would have like it to be because it was getting late. Next time we will spend a whole day travelling through the Marienfluss Valley.
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It was a great feeling to know that we had joined the VZP fraternity - our vehicle truly had lived up to its name!
It was time to move on. We still had 88km to go to get to Camp Syncro.
This rock showed how the layers had been compressed then tilted by the earth's pressures over the millennia.
We were driving, but the spoor in the tracks told us that most people here go by foot - even if they wear tyre sandals.
We looked up at the mountain we had just crossed. I wish I knew exactly where the look-out point was where we had gazed down on the Marienfluss Valley?
The stony road lead us passed a sign of "The People of the Marienfluss" - it had seen better days!
Soon we exited from the area at the bottom of VZP and entered the open spaces of the Marienfluss - it boggled the mind that there are such beautiful places!
Our previous travels in Angola had sensitized us to recognise Fairy Circles. We stopped and investigated - even found the ants which create the Fairy Circles at the centre of the circle.
Wrecks make it clear that driving is a risk - go carefully!
The ruts in the track we had to follow, shook us (African massage to the extreme)! Our hosts at Camp Syncro told us that all the roads in the area were rutted.
One of the many Fairy Circles etched in the golden yellow grass which covered the Marienfluss. On either side of the river valley, majestic mountains towered in the distance.
Springbuck in the wild.
Winter grass at dusk.
Still later - purple hues and green trees lining the "Fluss"? Red sunset mountains.
Is this how one looks into eternity?
Wild ostriches hurrying to their night shelter.
Camp Syncro - a welcome sight after a long, exhausting yet satisfying day.
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