Myung and I are back in Outjo, getting my brakes fixed. They had to order parts, so we went to Etosha National Park, about 120 km north of here (without rear or parking brakes). The scenery isn’t magnificent, but the big animal life is. One night we stayed outside the park. The second night we slept in it. There are three campgrounds in this park. All three are near waterholes. Here is the waterhole by our camp.
This is the dry season, so there are almost always animals at any of the waterholes. At the campsites, they set up low intensity floodlights to allow visitors to see the nocturanl animal visitors at night. We slept in the relatively cheap $50/night tent camping area. For big money, you can get a two bedroom chalet overlooking this. I think sitting on the second floor veranda, sipping a drink with a little umbrella in it, and watching this would be sweet.
Here are other water hole shots.
Like Krugeer in South Africa, this place has no shsortage of big animals to see almost anywhere you look. As you can imagine, we have many, many photos, but here are a few.
There was this one herd of elephants walking along a small road. Threre were three of four vehicles in front of us which were leary about driving by, as an elephant can put the hurt on a car.
We passed the parked or slowly following cars and got by them, barely, as one turned and trumpeted at us. Just ahead were some more, hanging out in the shade.
There are many giraffes there.
Animals often like to go on the road. Here are some zebras and giraffes behing, heading for someplace together. Presumeably, they are going to or coming from water.
The rest of these pictures were taken of animals right by the road. It is like going to Kruger, that is, practically a theme park the size of Isreal. Here’s our first lion sighting. Admittedly, it’s a bad picture, but a tourist truck was rumbling at high speed in reverse to give the passengers a look, and the lion was getting out of there fast.
There are many jackals. They were prowling all around our tent that night, scavenging.
I like this one. It shows how camoflage works. Check out how the horns on these kudus look along with the trees and the color of the terrain.
I could post many, many animal photos, but you’ve seen it all before on TV or wherever. We should be out of here tomorrow, heading north. I’ll blog again when I can. Until then, be well, all of you.