Tag: Etosha

After 3 full days of this… the whole flatness and vastness of land thing was beginning to wear thin, so I was extremely relieved to see some more varied landscapes as we moved south and out of Etosha.

At Okaukuejo, we finally got a chance to view some game at night. Basically, you just sit and wait for the animals to come  for the nightly pool party. Sound easier than it is when the temperature drops to 4 degrees at night. Note the elegant drinking stance of the Giraffe. Also highly entertaining: Rhinos…

Day two in Etosha, we got back on the bus and visited some more waterholes on the way to Halali camp. Here’s what the waterholes in the camps look like. Kind of a nice reversal of the traditional zoo situation, no? After lunch, some more game viewing and on to Okaukuejo. Behold the Warthog and…

The first night, we stayed at Namutoni camp, which was built around an old German army fort, and it was pure luxuray! what with all the electrically lighted paths and toilets/showers contained within four walls, a roof, with lockable doors. We were all set to spend the night at the waterhole and wait for the…

The first night was tough, kid, but it’s life. And it was all uphill from there. At Etosha National Park, we spent two days seeing pretty much every animal you would imagine seeing in Africa. Obviously, you’ve seen them all before, at the Zoo or in a circus, but seeing them without bars, in the…