Etosha National Park, 1

Etosha is Namibia's premier wildlife reserve, another of Africa's most famous. We arrived in the afternoon, explored a bit, set up, and then drove out to the nearest watering hole to check out the action.

All this at or near the Namutoni Wildlife Resort and campground

Namutoni originally was a German fort; Namibia was originally
a German possession, at least during Germany's rather brief
run as a colonial power; after WWI, Namibia went to South
Africa, which, scarcely a century later, realized it would be
cheaper to grant independence than to fight a war of independence;
don't worry, DeBeers still owns most of the place

Lots of interesting sculpture, ornament, lounge, restaurant,
lodge, chalets, pool, spa, etc.

Also colossal termite mounds, as in the rest of southern Africa

Anyhow, since the temperature was approaching 40 degrees C,
we decided it would be wiser to sit in our camper by the nearest
watering hole in air-conned comfort and watch the action

Blue wildebeeste

Impala; I can't believe I am still taking pix of impalae

Giraffes at the hole, obviously concerned about something over
there behind a tree

Watching each other's back

Almost twining

He's getting a bit amorous

But she's concerned about what's under that tree

Rightly so

What do lions dream of?

Bigger picture

Wakey, wakey!

Facing off

 

Like Kruger, they close the gates at sundown at Etosha, so we
decided to leave things as they were and head back to the
safety of camp