Etosha National Park

After the rinocerus experience, we were very excited. That night, we had heard the bonechilling roar of a male lion and it was still roaring then to. When we got to the waterhole, nothing happened except for the presence of a springbok, so, we drove of to see wildlife at the other waterholes. We drove right by the helio waterhole because it was man made, but we had more success with the man made ones. At the next waterhole, we had no success, but after that, we came to a place where zebras, kudus, and springbok were throwing a party.

Zebra on its way to the waterhole

 

Heartabeast at the water hole

The waterhole

 

Heartebeasts and zebras

Heartebeast drinking

Before the successful waterhole, we had driven out onto the Etosha Pan. There were many mirages.

 

The Etosha Pan

After the successful waterhole, we came to one that had nothing except for some ducks and a springbok. Then we ate lunch. After lunch, mama dilly-dallied in the the tourist giftshop, so it was a little while before we saw the fort. On the way to lunch, we saw giraffes and wildebeest.

 

The fort was interesting

The fort

After the fort, we headed for the waterholes. At the next hole, there were some zebras, 7 giraffes, a giant herd of guinea fowl, a bustard, many springbok, and a skiddish kudu who was scared of a butterfly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In all the excitement, Sam had to pee. We had to drive back to the fort place and after Sam was finished, we saw the waterhole there and it wasn’t very exciting. Once we got back in the car and drove of, we didn’t have high hopes for the man made waterhole coming up next, but when the car infront of us stopped for twenty long minuets to look for a cheetah that had ran away into the brush twenty-three minuets ago, I was annoyed,especially when they broke the rules and leaned out of the window to “see the cheetah with their own eyes.” But wat happened at the waterhole made us forget all this. A giant herd of elephants, with still more coming, were drinking and dusting themselves 100m away from us!

One baby’s father was up ahead, and it would run from its mother with the other elephants and to its father to hold his tail. And then back to its mother again. Another baby was nursing.

 

 

 

Once we left the herd of elephants,it was hard to believe we’d missed them before! Elephants were everywhere!

When we got back, Pippa and Aleyne were here, and at the moringa waterhole,we saw rinos once more.