Trip Report
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On our way...first stop Doha, Qatar
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At the airport
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Etusis Lodge
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From the Desert Breeze Lodge in Swakopmund
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Jim did Fat Tire bike ride in the dunes
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Picking up dinner in Swakopmund
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Shipwreck on Skelton Coast
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Our truck
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Welcome to Ugab Terrace Lodge
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View from our chalet
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More views
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You can see Vingerklip
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Ziplinning was offered
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Lovebirds
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View from dining room at Ugab
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The pool area
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Arriving at Hobatere Treehouse to be dropped off and picked up in the morning.
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The treehouse is miles from anywhere
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Bedroom upstairs and bathroom below. We had an earthquake while we were laying in bed.
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Set for dinner in the bush
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Our dinner
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More lovebirds
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The lions of Hobatere
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We have entered Etosha Park from the Galton Gate
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Now we get elephants
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Lions hanging out in the shade
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Hyena
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Hyena cooling off
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Bat-eaed fox
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Giraffe
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Okaukuejo waterhole in front of our chalet
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Zebra waiting to drink
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Wildebeest
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Kudu with springbok
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Springbok
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Owl at Okondeka
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Wildebeest at Okondeka
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Wildlife on the edge of Etosha Pan
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Lion at sunrise
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2 lions walking in to Rietfontein waterhole
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They walked for miles until they found their favorite culvert under the road
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We were parked right above
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The next culvert had hyenas
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Zebra at Gonob
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Wildebeest
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Lions coming to Gemsbokvlakte
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2 males and 2 felales
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Filming crew was also onsight
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Black rhino
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Hyenas and vultures on remains of lion kill
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Zebras
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The tower at Okaukuejo Camp.
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Pied crow
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Young male lion laying by the road
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Okaukuejo waterhole at sunset
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We found the yong male lion in the morning
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He was looking for his pride
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Calling them
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We stayed with him for hours but he didn't find them
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Flamingos at Charitsaub
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More black rhinos
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Red hartebeest
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The white giants
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At the waterhole after dark
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More zebras then we've ever seen in Etosha
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Secretarybird
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Greater flamingos
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More white giants eatting the burned bushes
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Crossing the road
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Posing for photos
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Namutoni Camp chalet
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Our room at Namutoni Camp
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The bath tub
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The outdoor shower but unfortunetly we couldn't get the door to open
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African wildcat
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Marabou stork
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Kudu
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Springbok
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Marabou stork
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Grey go-away birds
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Leopard tortoise
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Red-billed hornbill
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Baby zebra
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Warthog
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Warthog family
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Wildebeest and ostrich
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Etosha King Nehale Lodge outside the North gate
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Our room
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Private plunge pool
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View after dinner
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Onguma the Fort was our next stop
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View from our deck
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We next moved to Onguma Tented Camp
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The bathroom
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View from the bed and yes we had AC in our tent
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Violeteared waxbill
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Common waxbill
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Blue waxbill
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Grey heron
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Fishing in the waterhole
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Another tent facing the waterhole
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We moved on to Mount Etjo Safari Lodge
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We stayed in their private villa overlooking the lake
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Separape living room, kitchen and private pool
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The bathroom...
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Looking in from private patio
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African spoonbill
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African spoonbill
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Duck
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White-breasted cormorant
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Grey heron on a nest
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Great white pelicans
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Baboon
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Baboon watching us
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Red-knobbed coot
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African spoonbill
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See the hippo in the pond
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Hippo leaving at dusk to eat
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Coming back to the villa after dinner
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Flying home to San Francisco