Hotel Pandu Ondangwa Etosha National Park

... 8217;s specials are kudu stroganoff and chicken.<br><br>Our room is quite a walk from this area but fortunately the path is well lit. It is a fair sized room, with twin beds, a desk and chair, and a very large bathroom due to the huge shower area. It is right to bed as we have to be up before 6 AM for another game drive tomorrow. <br><br>It&#8217;s Monday, October 12. Happy Thanksgiving, Canada. We leave our lodge at 6:30 AM to ...

... use your light during kills because you will ruin it. We were determined to see a kill in Etosha. <br><br>We continued on our drive and pulled up to a watering hole. We watched about 20 elephants bathe in the water hole, swim on top of eachother, and spray one another with water. One elephant stoood guard of the watering hole the whole time and would not let any other animals come for a drink. After a few minutes at the watering hole, a black rhino came along with its ...

... There were about 15 elephants including babies bathing and drinking. Their long trunks would reach down to the water and then come up with water surging out and splashing all over their backs like a big hose let loose. Others were fully submerged coming up for air as their big ears waved around. The best though was the little baby elephant playing at waters edge. He didn&#8217;t quite have ...

... 8217;Bari waterhole, which is the last point you can drive. There were two ele guarding the water and hundreds of zebra fighting each other. There was also gemsbok, springbok, ostrich and not just a few animals, but hundreds. The best thing was it was just us and the Baths there. As we sat in the car another ele stormed in &#8211; he was huge and meant business, the other two just moved out of the way!<br><br>When we got back to camp I had a wander around, I ...

... age of the engravings is unknown, but the patina on individual figures<br><br>the darker, the older does give and idea of their relative age. Guides take visitors to view the rock art. The<br><br>engravings lie along two circular routes, one an hour&#8217;s climb and the other 40 minutes longer. The engravings are<br><br>best seen in the softer light of early morning or late afternoon. Twyfelfontein is a national monument situated<br><br>about 100 km south ...

... straight road, so we could see a long way and we could see a car stopped further down. As we approached he flashed his lights at us and as we slowed down I could see shapes lying in the road &#8211; lions!!<br><br>As we got closer we could see there were several &#8211; I counted ten, and they had made a kill as they had blood on them and were fat and full. They were quite skittish and most of them walked into the bush as we approached but one younger male stayed out and just ...

... night before. The flies are unbelievable, they are everywhere and for some it gets too much and they eat on the truck to get away from them. The rest of us brave it outside but we're all very quick to finish. I do the washing up and have flies all over me so the boys have to keep flicking them away for me and we quickly pack up and get back in the truck.<br><br><br>On route to Etosha, we see a warning sign at the side of the road for elephants and we also see elephants tracks in the dust ...

... The truck is due back around 6 upon which time the fire will be stoked and dinner prepared. We have veggie curry on the menu so we've been busy stocking up on biltong to add to the mix. After that we will no doubt wonder down to the waterhole to see if we can spot any hungry lions seeking out their prey. Hard life.<br><br><br><br>Apparently this park has at least two well known stories, firstly that at one of the waterholes 8 lions took down a rhino. How would ...

... to a Himba village where we went for a 1 ½ hr tour (N$100 - US$11). Would have been fabulous had I not been so darn hungover!! Still a few interesting facts managed to crawl their way into my brain:-<br><br>* They are known for their red shin colour which they get by rubbing ochre on themselves.<br><br>* Females never wash but they do have a cleaning process which takes 2 hrs each day and involves smoking themselves to sweat then rubbing down with the red clay from ochre ...

... pee on everything. We also saw about 50 giraffe, including two males who were fighting. They did not make any noises, but they kept pushing each other and whacking their heads against each other's necks. There are tons of millipedes, plus Mopane moths, beetles, mice (one in our room), dassies and other small animals everywhere. There are also lions - we saw lots of tracks - but did not see the lions. Gabriel speaks ...