On SAFARI @ Etosha National Park

After our sad (but not too sad) departure from Lake Oanob, we headed back north of Windhoek (way north... try 6 hours....) to Namibia's Etosha National Park. Etosha is a wildlife refuge which is home to many incredible game animals such as giraffes, elephants, lions, cheetahs, ostriches, black rhinos, kudu, springbok, and I've even heard you can see flamingos occasionally. The most common and favorite sight to me was the giraffe... they are so cute! In the middle of Etosha, there is the Etosha Pan, which was once a massive lake which is now dried up. The park is huge, and it took us about four hours to drive from one side to the other, which were almost all spent with our heads out the window behind the eyes of our cameras.

During the night, we stayed in a gated-up area within the park called Okaukuejo. We were literally locked inside for the night (you can only drive around the park when it is light outside). There is a watering hole on the side of Okaukuejo, where we were able to see a mom and baby black rhino - a very rare sight! We also had a good time playing frisbee and met a couple of people from New Zealand who played with us for awhile. There was also a very random tall column within the camping area which had a spectacular view from the top. We climbed up it once at night, as well as early in the morning to see the sunrise over Namibia's beautiful landscape. And for Bonnie... I can't leave out our little pineapple escapade. For some reason we decided that we were going to steal a pineapple from the breakfast buffet. I don't really know why, because we never ended up eating it, but I carried it around with me for the rest of the trip, until I ended up throwing it away the morning we left. It made for a good laugh though!