While today was never going to beat yesterday, we also had a pretty phenomenal day. We started they day with another early morning game drive, but this time it started even earlier at 05:30, how unsociable! The game drive was a lot slower than yesterday’s, but in the end we saw a good amount of wildlife, including more Cheetahs, before returning to camp. After packing the truck, we headed out on a self drive from Halali Restcamp to Namutoni Restcamp. It was fairly hot by this point in the day, so for the first part we didn’t see much wildlife, but once the scenery opened up to lots of luscious green meadows, we saw lakes, birds and then hundreds of Zebra, Springbok and Gemsbok. We even saw a lion hiding under a tree to get out of the sun. Our afternoon game drive was wonderful with so many zebra and giraffe in the lush green environment, the highlight was definitely the giraffes crossing the road in front of us, and walking next to us multiple times. Game Drive After the success of yesterday’s game drive, expectations were high, and while. Read the full article…

Today we had very little travelling, as we were just travelling between camps in Etosha, which also meant that the short drive was just another part of our self-drive safari. We started the day with a paid-for safari as we thought that it would give us a better chance of seeing some wildlife, and how right we were! After this had finished, we did a bit of a self drive to go and see the lion again, before heading east to get to our second camp at Halali Restcamp. After arriving here and checking into our little chalet, we went off on a self-drive safari, which was very slow to start with, but finished in an amazing fashion, as a great end to a brilliant day. We cannot really see how tomorrow can better today! Morning Game Drive Our day started horribly early with a 5am alarm call so that we could be ready for the game drive at 5:50. No sooner as we had left the camp we saw our first wildlife, while it was still essentially dark, a spotted hyena. This was definitely a sign of things to. Read the full article…