Day 10 Game Drive!

Thursday December 23.

We got up early to get underway before the heat of the day. The animals are more active in the morning and late afternoon when it is cooler.

We set off and drove east through Etosha Park. Right away we saw springbok, zebra, and gemsbok. As we travelled along we stopped whenever we saw a group of animals or something different. We also stopped at a couple of waterholes. The land is flat bushveld, with low bushes and small acacia trees. We saw blue wildebeest, giraffe, kudo, black backed jackals, various birds, including a secretary bird. We saw a couple of lions and a cheetah too.

We arrived at our new campsite, Namutoni, about 5:00 and set up quickly while they made a quick delicious South African dinner. Then John, Ed, Tessa, Ben, Katherina and I went on a night game drive. We set out at dusk. It was a beautiful night, warm, still, full moon, thunderstorm in the opposite direction at a distance. It was in small ten seater jeep. As the driver drove he shown a high powered red light around to catch reflected eyes. We saw two small spotted gannets (small nocturnal cats), hyeana, jackals, three elands, lots of zebra and giraffes and a leopard that just calmly walked across the road in front of us. Great experience!

Back and immediately to bed.