LivingWell in Zambia, chapter 8: Namibian safari

Posted by KirstyKakanskas on November 2, 2017 in Africa, CARE International, PULSE 2017 | 2 Comments

Because you can’t get too much of a good thing, I decided to take another safari trip – this time to Etosha National Park in the north of Namibia. The terrain is very different; Namibia is very dry and there are huge salt pans in the area, meaning sparse foliage and very little water, which make ideal conditions for spotting animals. As October is about as hot as it gets before the rain (hopefully) comes, it was the perfect time to go.

I was desperate to see a rhino, which was so far the only one of the ‘big 5’ (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino) that had eluded me in Zambia. I wasn’t disappointed. It’s amazing that the giraffes and zebra are quite different to the Zambian ones in both colour and pattern. I travelled with Chameleon Safaris, who I would recommend.

The very confident black rhino who happily crossed the road in front of us. Black rhinos are more common than white, though numbers are still low. He is missing his left ear.

A rare tree in a very arid environment

Lioness

Another lioness, resting after a big lunch

Zebra with baby zebra. Not as cartoonishly black and white as the Zambian ones, with brown stripes added too

We interrupted lunch… oops

Mummy ostrich (left), daddy ostrich (right) and baby ostriches in the middle

Our guide reckoned the baby (aka bambi) was only a day or so old

Continuing a theme, a baby elephant (mum just out of shot!)

Watched a little bit of a fight, but no harm done

Elephants inspiring a lot of #parentinggoals

Kudu

The classic family photo…