Before leaving Shiwa estate we drove up to the site of Sir Stewart Gore-Brown, as well as John and Lorna Harvey. The view was stunning.
We stopped off in Mpika for fuel and supplies. The road, in the main, was a narrow track winding through numerous villages with manacured gardens but little in the way of crops. There was a large truck delivering bags of mealie meal to homes en route.
The various GPS had "different opinions" as to where the Nsobe Community campsite was. We were forced to turn back (luckily the swamps were dry) as the road came to an abrupt end at about 5.30 pm. Fortunately we saw a feint track off the main track and we entered the Nsobe camp. We were made to feel very welcome and on our arrival the "locals" busied themselves with filling up the 44 gallon drums with hot water for us to have showers and also brought each of us a basin of hot water for us to freshen up. the biggest surprise of all was the ablutions - behind the plastic sheeting enclosure was a real toilet WITH a seat too (both a rarity as we had become accustomed to squat toilets and if one was lucky enough to find a conventional toilet it rarely had a seat).
We arranged to be taken to Shoebill island the following morning.
Having only arrived at the campsite at 6pm we each whipped up an easy meal and turned in soon after we had had our meals as we had an early start in search of the shoebill stork tomorrow.
Distance travelled 320 kms.
Camp fee $17.50 pp (after some negotiation).
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