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Lunch (own expense) at Halali Camp Very ordinary but we bought large beers so all was not lost the viewings got less frequent as the day got hotter but still more giraffe, zebra, oryx and elephants sociable weaver nest back to Etosha Village where we were greated by a giant kudu just...

a ?? another waterhole, this time definitely spring fed. A long line of zebra wandered to the water, had a drink then wandered away Eddie received advice that some elephant were on their way so we waited, quite a while, but it was worth it

and back to rhino Eddie drove us down to the edge of the giant pan from which Etosha got it's name. etosha means Great White Place. Out in the distance a lone ostrich to another waterhole, this time I think spring fed. Lots of gnu, some jackals being jackals, and another couple of ostriches

Eddie first took us to the first of a number of waterholes. We saw some spring fed but this was one of a couple, three maybe, that were solar bore fed (just like at Mosi Oa Tunya NP). Eddie was looking at these two through his binocs and let us know these two were about to, and did, get it on...

then honey badger!!! Digging up and eating a scorpion as per Eddie then another rhino Through the next ‘gate’ at the first of the campgrounds/lodges Okaukuejo Camp. No idea how Eddie spotted it but there were some hyenas way off in the distance, with most likely a springbok that had been...

Etosha National Park Etosha National Park is huge, over 22,000 square km. There are multiple lodges outside the park like ours, and six campgrounds/lodges inside. You could spend days here driving the multiple routes through the park. We had a full day game drive included in our itinerary...

Constitution Hill was just a ‘in hindsight’ unacceptably flying visit. We could have spent half a day there. No shopping for us. Our bags today weighed exactly what they did when we left home :)

Away we go. Ready, not ready, to come home

Cannot beloved that this absolutely amazing trip is just about over. We’re sat in the BA lounge enjoying some SA bubbles, and maybe a red or two, before heading back on QF64. Decided to bring ourselves down, way down, by visiting the Apartheid Museum this morning. I’d get myself banned here if...

Saw none at Etosha. A couple at Hakusembe. We just applied repellent then didn’t bother after there.

No, we didn’t take anything for malaria RF. Both rabies and typhoid, bAlt also cholera and Hep

Two Kiboko groups were staying at the lodge plus some smaller German groups. Fellow AFFer kpc was on the northbound Kiboko trip. kpc and his lovely partner came over and introduced themselves and we had a great chat about what each of us had seen and done. We were warned that the roads were...

Just a few kilometres from our lodge giraffes started appearing in the scrub along the side of the road. Hopefully a sign of things to come. We stayed at Etosha Village Stay at Etosha Village, Namibia - Affordable Accommodation & Camping only 2km form the Okaukuejo entrance to Etosha National...

645km drive to Etosha Village. The longest drive of the trip. Mostly sealed roads. Smiles on everyone’s faces as things were soon to get very bumpy as we progressed into Namibia. It’s a funny group. They don’t really want to deviate from the itinerary. We were passing the Otavi Mountain range...

Fri, 9 Aug An excellent buffet breakfast. I wouldn’t have expected anything less from this beautiful lodge Some more from around the lodge before we left, including yet another beautiful sunrise

Dinner was an extensive buffet. Buffets are much easier to cater for at remotely located camps. wine for the night The milky way was on full display above the camp when we went back to the cottage.

Small crocs on the Angolan river bank. Weaver birds. Water monitor. Lots of people farming on small plots of land. The nibbles were opened up and we nibbled away. We had a Dutch couple on board with us, all kitted up in safari gear. We tried to chat but they weren’t hugely interested. Fabian...

We sat and watched groups of Angolan people do their clothes washing. Further along from them another group was fishing in amongst the reeds on the river’s edge. We’d decided to take the optional all inclusive sunset cruise. N400 each. Only six of 16 went. A few more pictures around the...

Gondwana is a collection of lodges and private game reserves found only in Namibia. Mishek said they own half of Namibia. Not really. Hakuseme River Lodge HAKUSEMBE RIVER LODGE is situated right on the banks of the Kavango River. When the river is high like in the promotional shots it would be...

Back along the same god awful road to the border crossing. The bus has five rows of seats so with 16 of us no-one really needs to sit in the springboard back row. For some reason we had sat there coming to Swamp Stop. I jumped into that front row for the ride out. bAlt, Mr Nice guy is all “no...