Thursday, October 12, 2017

Etosha National Park, 3

Our third and final day at Etosha hit the watering-hole jackpot...
We got the usual early start, but the first few hours were not
rewarding

Then, about 11AM, we arrived at this large hole, where a
stampede of several hundred animals was in progress

All makes and models

At first we figured the stampede was in deference to the big
bull elephant; then we saw the lion


Quite a traffic jam ensued

And, with the lion gone out toward the road where we were,
the hole to returned to its quietly crazed normal state

Posing for us
 


Eventually he was joined by a lady friend; we drove around to
be right on the watering hole


Managing a selfie under the circumstances took some imagination




Showering sand



 



Our time running out, we drove on to Okaukuejo, and exited
the park, pretty happy campers
Throughout the tour, so far, we had been
observing the rule of never letting your fuel
tank dip below half...at Okaukuejo we saw
the reason for this...the fuel station had run out
of diesel! Fortunately none in our party was
affected

1 comment:

Tawana said...

These photos are magnificent! Wesley and I are loving all the animal photos. He especially likes giraffes.