Upon leaving Opuwo and the Himba we set off for Namibia’s largest national park, Etosha! Within five minutes of entering the park we saw zebras and ostriches! We went on two afternoon game drives and a morning game drive during our time in Etosha. It was amazing! We saw so many giraffes! And often they were very close to the road or to our van even! We saw many many zebras and their calves. We saw some birds, like the Lorrie bird, which we were informed by our tour guide is a “go away” bird. It is black and blue. We saw many springbok, gemsbok and blue wildebeest! It’s fun to watch the springbok jump away, you can understand the origin of their name! We also saw jackals and hyenas! We also saw oryx, kudu and a small fox type of animal.
It was so incredible! In something that resembled a zoo we saw snakes, including the cobra, the python and the Black Mamba snake. All are highly poisonous and indigenous to Etosha.
Words cannot describe how incredible this experience was! For me it was the highlight of the north and one of my favorite national parks, out of all the ones I have seen here in Namibia.
We stayed at bungalows and ate our meals there. Our first night we had dinner at a lodge in Etosha, called Namutoni. It was one of the most delicious buffets I have ever eaten at! Namutoni is a nice lodge that reminds me of a castle in the middle of this African wonderland. It’s big, with white walls and a great look out to catch the sunset or animals visiting the water hole. Also there are many of these small mongooses that just run around outside of the entrance. They are very cute and remind me of squirrels.
The highlight of Etosha was when we got to see a rhinoceros! It was so amazing! And I’m proud to say that I was the first one to spot him!
Sadly we couldn’t spend more time in Etosha and we headed back to Windhoek for spring break. With the departure from Etosha I began a new adventure to another national park, called Skeleton Coast Park. To be continued…
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