En route to Etosha National Park - we had a wild giraffe nearly run out in front of our truck 20 mins before we ever reached the park -- that alone sparked the start of our exciting 'safari'! Our self-made game drives over a 3-day period allowed us to see so many animals: black-backed jackyl; guinea fowl; impala; springbok; oryx (gemsbok); bushnell's zebra; african lions; rhinos; red hardebeest; lilac-breasted rollers (iradescent blue, green & purple birds;) steenbok; black wildebeest; blue wildebeest; kudu; secretary birds; wart hogs; common ostrich; kori bastards, cape glossy starlings, sparrowhawks, goshawks, marabous storks, barn swallows, european rollers, burchell's starlings, pied crows, cape crows and monteiro's hornbill!
Waterholes tend to attract the wildlife in most African parks, allowing visitors to catch a glimpse of these amazing creatures... the challenge during our visit was that they had recent rains that allowed animals to have water tucked back in the bush -- so they were a bit of a challenge to find... and so the adventure began! We managed to find 11 lions over 3 days -- which was a trip! No leopards though -- despite my efforts to 'spot' (no pun intended) one in a tree or just below. The servet we found one night in a tree above the kitchen near our campsite along the Kavango River would have to serve as a 'mini-leopard' sighting for me!
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