Blogs from Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa - page 10

Am in this little town called Outjo.. damn.. if i had know i'd have internet here.. i'd probably not have paid the expensive internet last night.. haha.. oh well.. =) Outjo is a nice little town.. took a walk around town and the surroundings for an hour before coming to this internet cafe.. ahve about 30mins more to go... This town is quite german.. Namibia having it's dutch and german heritage... went into this nice pastry shop.. had a chocolate rum ball.. oooh.. soooo gooood... Just came out from 3 days in the Etosha National Park.. we crossed the border on the 10th.. and then camped by a campsite beside the Kavango river.. the border crossing is very easy.. stamp exit on botswana side and then walk over to the namibian side.. got all my visas ... read more

We have spent the last 3 days exploring Etosha National Park and it was awesome, one of the best places that I have been! We saw loads of animals and I took loads of photos. Some would say too many! One of the great things about is Etosha is that it is all self drive so you just get to the gate, pay your fees and then you are free to drive off in search of wildlife. It was so cool. No soon as we were through the door we saw a heard of springbok and then some zebras. Loads of photos got taken then, as we did not realise that we would get a lot closer to them later on. Both Springboks and zebras seem to be everywhere and are quite happy to stand right ... read more

This was just after I cut my foot on while on the house boat and despite it being really hot and there being a beautiful swimming pool, I was very good and watched the animals at the water hole instead!... read more

Passing yet another milestone, today is our 200th day away. Hopefully we're not fading from the collective memory entirely. We spent the day in Etosha National Park, driving for about 6 hours from one campsite to another via yet another (where we stopped for lunch). The stopover campsite was where we had our daily cool down swim, whilst waiting to see if our truck could continue. We'd broken down in the morning when the fanbelt broke and, despite the pre-departure assurances about the truck carrying an extensive array of spare parts, the only spare fanbelt on board was the wrong size. Alois the driver worked his magic though and as things turned out we were able to continue with our journey without breaking down again -lucky really since we were in the middle of a ... read more

I was going to write a light hearted report of this tough holiday, sunshine, good food and swimming pools etc. But, that is as nothing to the night we had at the end of our short trip to Etosha Game Park. The game viewing had been good except for the sitings of elephants and other large game. On arrival I went off to cool down inthe swimming pool with the others, except for Matthew, who went off to the waterhole. He came back with a wonderful experience of seeing a rhino. So, we all trooped over at about 6 in the eveining, hoping to see something, but not expectant. There were lots of deer and some giraffes going down to drink and after a time some people gave up and went off to eat and watch ... read more