{"id":2710,"date":"2022-07-20T17:52:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:19:48","slug":"campsites-on-the-indian-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/campsites-on-the-indian-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Campsites on the Indian ocean."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">Mahaba campsite wasn&#8217;t too shabby either run by and old French lady, shame the weather wasn&#8217;t good,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2712\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718_164542-01-300x135.jpeg\" alt=\"Overland camper parked under palms by the Indian Ocean\" width=\"300px\" height=\"135px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718_164542-01-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718_164542-01-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718_164542-01-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718_164542-01-1536x691.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718_164542-01-2048x922.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>we played with the campsite puppy who chased crabs on the beach, when they went in a hole he dug them out and chased them again&#x1f602;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2715\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam5-300x135.jpeg\" alt=\"campsite dogs slet under Dogger'\" width=\"300px\" height=\"135px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam5-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam5-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam5-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam5-1536x692.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam5-2048x922.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He slept with the other two under Dogger both nights.<\/p>\n<p>Wish we could have stayed longer here. Met some German&#8217;s and some Swiss on a Iveco 40w10 and a VW T5 synchro travelling for a year from Cape Town back home.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2713\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719_121109-01-300x135.jpeg\" alt=\"Beach campsite with small fishing boats on sand\" width=\"300px\" height=\"135px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719_121109-01-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719_121109-01-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719_121109-01-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719_121109-01-1536x692.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220719_121109-01-2048x922.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The place next door eas a fish market,\u00a0 at least 50 or 60 of these smash boats went out at dawn and brought back the freshest fish ever, Africa is so backwards but also so amazing to watch how it has been done for probably hundreds of years and none of it for tourists,\u00a0 small tuk tuks, vans and bikes turned up and the fish was sold to all the local shops very quickly, no ice involved from sea to shop in less than 30 mins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2714\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4-277x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4.jpeg\" width=\"277px\" height=\"300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4-277x300.jpeg 277w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4-945x1024.jpeg 945w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4-768x833.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4-1417x1536.jpeg 1417w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam4.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music is free, beer is to pay,<\/p>\n<p>Stay till late but sleep away!<\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-attachments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2711\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2-300x135.jpeg\" alt=\"Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2.jpeg\" width=\"300px\" height=\"135px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2-1536x692.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mahaba-camping-dar-el-salaam2-2048x922.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- seo-africa-trip-nav:start --><\/p>\n<section class=\"seo-africa-trip-nav\" aria-label=\"East and Southern Africa trip navigation\">\n<h2>Kenya to South Africa trip: what to read next<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Previous stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/minor-adjustment-to-dogger\/\">Minor adjustment to Dogger #xx<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Next stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/long-drives-quick-cooking\/\">long drives : quick cooking<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Trip section: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/onwards-to-tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Trip section: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/hello-zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- seo-africa-trip-nav:end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahaba campsite wasn&#8217;t too shabby either run by and old French lady, shame the weather wasn&#8217;t good, we played with the campsite puppy who chased crabs on the beach, 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