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After a very hot night, it cooled down a little bit in the early morning.
All packed up and ready to leave from Pedro's home, we got to the secure car park and found Pedro's car had been clamped. He had given us his car park spot last night and parked in a different spot! Poor Pedro! He said it would be fine and he called someone to come to unclamp it. He was such a great guy and a good host.
We drove north to Etosha National Park through a few different towns - Okahandja, Otjiwarongo, and Outjo. Kate did most of the driving and was a little bit nervous about wildlife on the side of road - don't have to watch out for kangaroos here, it's baboons and warthogs! Apparently, some petrol stations run out of fuel quite often so they recommend filling up whenever possible. Most petrol stations only accept cash and they serve you at the pump. We filled up the little Corolla once during the 5 hour drive north to Anderson Gate, the southernmost entrance to Etosha.
The process to get into the park is a bit confusing. They don't really tell you what to do while you're lining up to go through the boom gate. They need your car registration number, your passport and how many days you are staying. Then you go through and drive up to Okaukuejo, the first camp, to actually pay the park fees.
We drove east 74 km on gravel road to Halali camp, which is in the middle of the park, to check into our double room accommodation (quite luxurious for the middle of the national park) and comes with bonus breakfast buffet! Lots of 4WDs with roof top tents around and not many 2WDs to be seen...
On the drive we saw:
- Springboks
- Oryx
- Wildebeests
- Red Hartebeests
- Impala
- Elephants
- Giraffes
- Ostriches
- Jackal
- Hornbills
Pretty cool.
At night, the local waterhole, Moringa Waterhole, is accessible from the camp and we went there for sunset. Didn't see much for sunset so we went to have dinner first - buffet at the restaurant included beef or eland cooked to your liking - we weren't game enough to try eland.
Then after dinner, we went back to the waterhole and there were 2 rhinos!! Pretty special.
All packed up and ready to leave from Pedro's home, we got to the secure car park and found Pedro's car had been clamped. He had given us his car park spot last night and parked in a different spot! Poor Pedro! He said it would be fine and he called someone to come to unclamp it. He was such a great guy and a good host.
We drove north to Etosha National Park through a few different towns - Okahandja, Otjiwarongo, and Outjo. Kate did most of the driving and was a little bit nervous about wildlife on the side of road - don't have to watch out for kangaroos here, it's baboons and warthogs! Apparently, some petrol stations run out of fuel quite often so they recommend filling up whenever possible. Most petrol stations only accept cash and they serve you at the pump. We filled up the little Corolla once during the 5 hour drive north to Anderson Gate, the southernmost entrance to Etosha.
The process to get into the park is a bit confusing. They don't really tell you what to do while you're lining up to go through the boom gate. They need your car registration number, your passport and how many days you are staying. Then you go through and drive up to Okaukuejo, the first camp, to actually pay the park fees.
We drove east 74 km on gravel road to Halali camp, which is in the middle of the park, to check into our double room accommodation (quite luxurious for the middle of the national park) and comes with bonus breakfast buffet! Lots of 4WDs with roof top tents around and not many 2WDs to be seen...
On the drive we saw:
- Springboks
- Oryx
- Wildebeests
- Red Hartebeests
- Impala
- Elephants
- Giraffes
- Ostriches
- Jackal
- Hornbills
Pretty cool.
At night, the local waterhole, Moringa Waterhole, is accessible from the camp and we went there for sunset. Didn't see much for sunset so we went to have dinner first - buffet at the restaurant included beef or eland cooked to your liking - we weren't game enough to try eland.
Then after dinner, we went back to the waterhole and there were 2 rhinos!! Pretty special.
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kentishclan Just even receiving your post notifications from Travelpod has sent me on a emotional reflecto-ride to my own year away travelling. I am complex mix of insane jealousy and joyful happiness on your behalf (kind of like... if you bought a lotto ticket for a friend who really needed money - and it won!) Your pics look like stills from a wildlife doco and they are super cool. I'm thoroughly impressed by your confidence driving Kate - Bravery Award of the week goes to you! I won't always comment on the blogs but know that I read every single one of them and love the updates. Keep them up :) Cory
gen Amazing!!
Amy Schelfhout Pemba! :-) fabulous
Sarah Prickett Another amazing photo! You look like you got so close to the elephants! Be warned sometimes they charge at your car ...... The only funny thing about it was our guides face when he realised what was happening!