Sunday, July 27, 2008

Safari in Etosha National Park, Northern Namibia

Neither of us knew that Namibia had a game park as beautiful and full of life as Etosha. Our sleeping hut was situated at the base of a popular watering hole, which was abundant with all kinds of visitors. Only a short stone wall stood between us and the animals. At night, the watering hole was softly lit up for great viewing... with a bottle of wine, of course.

Elephant and zebra taking a drink at sunset at the waterhole directly outside our sleeping hut.

This young black rhino came every night to the waterhole to nibble on the grass only about 20 feet from the stone wall that separated us from him. It was clear another animal attempted to attack him, which was evident from the scratches on his body. This could have been the same rhino that tried to attack our vehicle in the parking lot, as speculated in the video below.

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