Game viewing is
great to do but pretty dull to read endless reports on! So I'll spare
you a blow-by-blow of the six night we spend in Etosha. Suffice to say
that there are three main rest camps - from Okahandja, we'll drive to
Okaukuejo for the first of the six nights; then about 70km west to
Halali for another night, and a further 70km to Namutoni - two nights
there and then work our way back via Halali to Okaukuejo.
Etosha National Park covers about 23,000 sq km, of which
23-odd % (nearly 5,000 sq km) is the pan, an arid area which, depending
on the light, can be blindingly white or pearly-cream. From a distance,
it can look spookily as though you're next to the beach and sea.
Only half or so of the Park is accessible to the likes of
us - the rest is given over to zoological research. But the parts you
can visit (supplemented by the rest camps' waterholes) have variable
landscapes and vegetation, supporting large numbers of species...so
we're optimistic!
I'll post a potted highlights with a very few "This is what we saw!" pics, once we're out again (mind you, spot the wee lion above...).
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