Trip Report

1 View from the deck at Etosha Safari Lodge	2 Rooms at Etosha Safari Lodge	3 A giraffe in hiding	4 Our first lion sighting at Olifantsbad	5	6
7	8 The kids	9	10 We drove ahead so they would walk at us	11 So cute	12 Here comes mom
13 Have to go around us	14	15 Ostrich and springbok	16 The usual residents at Okondeka at the edge of the Etosha Pan	17 We have always found lions at Okondeka waterhole	18 Viewing area at Okaukuejo Restcamp, our home for 3 nights
19 Dust storm at the waterhole	20 A parade of animals all day and night long	21 Blue wildebeest	22 Giraffes at sunset	23 Famous large white ellies at Nebrowni	24 A family arriving at the waterhole
25 Stay in line...	26 They arrive black...	27 ...and leave white	28	29 Northern black korhaan	30 Look who's sleeping in the Nebrowni culvert
31 A fine nap	32 Waking up in the late afternoon	33	34	35 Looking for the females as they left while he was sleeping	36 They are looking at the other male lion and didn't see this one coming
37 Spotted hyaena beside the road	38 Total of 5 also waking up for the evening	39 Morning in Etosha	40 We saw more black rhino than ever before. Also saw anti-poching units several times each day.	41 Another female lion	42 Kudu watching lion at Ombika
43 Red hartebeest	44 Dust storm at Ozonjuiti m' Bari	45 Eland	46 Red hartebeest	47 Ostrich	48 Look what else is at the waterhole...3 lions
49 Leaving the waterhole for a little dinner	50	51 Their kill nearby	52 These guys were waiting patiently down the road near the dam	53 The other one waiting for mon	54 A check at Okondeka on the way back to camp
55 We had just missed a kill	56 He was quite proud...	57	58 Next morning just walking with his misses	59	60
61 Classic view over the Etosha Pan	62 Elephants at Rietfontein	63 Baby having fun	64 These came right at us...and then around us at Nuamses	65 A very deep pool	66 Black water not white
67	68 We startled these guys at a waterhole near Halali	69 Then they came back, mother and child	70 A male rhino was also there	71	72 A little sparring
73 Heading down for a drink	74 Sharing the waterhole	75 Waterhole at Halali Restcamp where we stayed for 2 nights	76 Regular visitor every evening	77 The other regular visitor	78 And a little guy
79 They did not like sharing with a rhino	80	81	82 They let the rhino have the main waterhole	83 Back at Okondeka with oryx, springbok, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe and ostrich Back at Okondeka with oryx, springbok, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe and ostrich	84 More burchell's zebra coming to the waterhole More burchell's zebra coming to the waterhole
85	86 A little fighting A little fighting	87 Springbok and ostrich	88 3 days later the lions are still with the giraffe kill	89 Watching the lions on the other side of the waterhole	90 Safe to drink...maybe
91	92 Dust storm blowing in Dust storm blowing in	93 Muddy zebras Muddy zebras	94 More fighting More fighting	95	96 From Dolomite Camp, elephants come and go daily From Dolomite Camp, elephants come and go daily
97 A lone giraffe on the road under our tent at Dolomite A lone giraffe on the road under our tent at Dolomite	98	99 Sunset from our tent Sunset from our tent	100 Leaving Etosha for Grootberg Lodge Leaving Etosha for Grootberg Lodge	101 Getting more interesting Getting more interesting	102 We have arrived! We have arrived!
103 Our little stone cottage for 2 nights Our little stone cottage for 2 nights	104 The view The view	105 Down in the valley for rhino treking on foot Down in the valley for rhino treking on foot	106 Along the way Along the way	107 A journey of giraffe A journey of giraffe	108 We found them after several hours of trekking on foot in HOT weather We found them after several hours of trekking on foot in HOT weather
109 Making a hasty retreat They weren't impressed with us