Twijfelfontein visit
It was not intended to stay in Twijfelfontein for such a long time. All of a sudden, the car had broken down about 20 km before reaching the destination and we ended up getting towed by some friendly people to the one and only garage within a radius of 150 km, the maintenance workshop of the Twijfelfontein Lodge.
Although in a beautiful setting and a designated UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site, with its large amount of Bushmen paintings, the sun was bearing down on us and we were running out of food supplies. Fortunately the friendly management and staff at the Lodge helped us not to starve. At the time, the locals were desperate for the arrival of the rainy season, which transforms the dry and dusty area with its fertile soil into a temporary Garden of Eden.
Rain clouds could in fact be seen in the distance and even some occasional lightning flashes on the horizon during the night, but it never made it too far south of there. Finally after a week in the garage it turned out that the timing rod on our vehicle was worn out and a spare one could be found from an old wreck in a village nearby.
Rock Dassie, or Hyrax is the closest relative to the Elephant