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Etosha Trip Report: September 2010 - Part 1 of 2In September 2010 we drove from Johannesburg to Etosha for a 1-week photo safari. We made our booking at the last minute so thanks again to Lena Leevi and her five-star reservations team at NWR Swakopmund for getting us what we wanted!The 710km journey through Botswana was pleasant but we saw many dead animals along the way. In this photograph you will see skid marks leading towards the dead cow on the right and part of the vehicle on the left..
Book your Etosha Safari with 'Your Safari' The 700km trip through Namibia to Etosha also had its share of dead animals but we had some other interesting sightings along the route...
It was originally built by a game ranger at Etosha as his home and he based the design on the Namutoni Fort in Etosha...
We arrived at the Andersson Gate at about 06h30 and very quickly a queue of vehicles started to form behind us...
Okaukuejo Camp...
While at the wall check out the unique wire animals that are situated at some of the chalets...
NWR unfortunately has no jurisdiction over the staff of the MET who deal with the park entrance permits at the gates and conservation fees at the front desks. Most visitors are unable to distinguish between NWR and MET staff. The NWR staff have beige uniforms and they wear name badges (and are generally smiling and friendly) while the MET staff have green uniforms and do not wear name badges, which perhaps gives some of them a license to be rude, obnoxious and arrogant to customers? All the chalets and rooms were recently renovated and look lovely. We stayed in what is called a 'B' room...
The Okaukeujo waterhole is the busiest waterhole in Etosha in terms of number of animals visiting it. It is truely a 'theatre in the wild' with a constant procession of wildlife by day...
For self drive or guided safaris to Namibia & South Africa contact Your Safari The first night we photographed elephants, rhinos, gemsbok, jackals and a lioness drinking at the camp waterhole...
On day three we went to Olifantbad waterhole and as we arrived a lion was walking away from the waterhole - talk about bad timing!
Humans have skin mutations where a dark skinned person has lighter skin parts or a light-skinned person has dark skin blotches. They are not changing into another being, they are still human beings. On nights two and three we heard the lions roaring all night but they didn't put in an appearance at the waterhole. We did get some nice giraffe silhouettes and giraffe sprays...
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