Staatliche Rastlager Etosha National Park

... other campsite watering holes. I tell you there was no fewer than 4 species there at any one time. It was great! Innocent told us to wait for an hour or so and we would see rhinos. Low and behold, this time he was right. We saw about 4 rhinos that night. We were even lucky enough to see a black rhino and white rhino there at the same time (really made it a lot easier to tell the difference between the two species.) So finally after 35 days of game drives, we completed the "Big Five".<br>

... zebra to get the meat! All their faces were covered in blood. The jackals cirlced the feast and would try and steal some food but were not too successful. A group of 6 hyenas gathered in the field behind the truck. They were planning to steal the zebra kill from the lions, but chickened out at the last minute and ran away. That was the only thing that could have made Etosha better. We saw some amazing animals and sights and truly had a once in a lifetime experience on our safari.<br>

... instantly and came out to sit and watch the boys throwing the rugby ball in the air, jumping off the side and making diving catches. It wasn&#8217;t long before our group had crowded everyone out of the pool. But once Krista, Kevin and Lance got everyone to walk along the edges to create a whirlpool everyone sitting on the edges couldn&#8217;t help but smile and laugh at how ridiculous they looked. Pretty ...

... to the others who stayed behind. We had our dinner and went to bed early as we are up early again on our last drive out of the park tomorrow morning. The good thing about the govt campsites is they have excellent facilities and clean, hot showers so we enjoyed these comforts. I picked up a cold here and spent the next few days almost permanently with a tissue at my nose as the runny nose was relentless. Shame I had run out of Sudafed too.

... another lion walking into the light &#8211; this time though it was a massive male! (They are roaring again!). He strolled across the lit area not taking a blind bit of notice of any other creatures and rubbed himself on the same branch as the female. He followed the same route as the female and they are now shouting at each other not that far from our tents!<br><br>So how cool was that &#8211; three of the big five at one waterhole at the same time! Amazing!<br>

... than 200 animals and I am sure reached over 500 at times. Elephants, zebras, springbox, oryx, giraffe, wilderbeest, kudu, impala, antelope, gazelle, guinea fowl + + + in their flocks or herds with the odd jackel thrown in came to drink. Flocks of birds at times filled the cloudless blue skies overhead. Just seeing the interaction between the different groups of animals was interesting. No need to change ...

... in the heat of the day. Zebras stood watching for a long time, before their thirst overcame their wariness. Still skittish as they drank, it only took one to frighten itself before the whole herd galloped away. The lioness looked on uninterestedly, or perhaps she was even asleep. Etosha had served us well, although the question of distinction between park types arose. Where does a zoo stop being a zoo, or a safari park stop being a safari park ...

... asleep or deep in thought through the whole thing. <br><br><br><br>Now that we're meeting my parents when we get back I have been thinking about London a lot. All the things I miss and can't wait to see and do like catching up with my sis, cousins and friends. Picnicing up at Primrose Hill whilst watching the sun set over the city. Checking out the freaks in Camden Town, visiting some of my favourite stalls, enjoying hot waffles and strolling down the canal to ...

... amerula was a good shot should give you some kind of idea as to our state. Plus I continued losing at pool which resulted in me drinking shots from the warthogs bum. Hahahaaa charming. But we did manage to beat the Israeli at least once which was good. He was a nice guy out travelling with his parents for 2 weeks. <br><br>So yeah great night. Good laugh with the other truck. I ended up hanging out with an Aussie called Cate. She ended up hooking up with the younger of the ...

... it on a decent zoom lens! These would be the pictures of a life time. 100 zebras drinking. They line up, like I thought could only be photographed by professionals, who spent weeks on that one picture. Springboks, gnus, kudus, gemsboks, zebras, ward hogs, ... . We go for early diner. We have a paper, saying that dinner and breakfast is included. I show it at the entrance of the restaurant. The chick put is away somewhere. I ask ...