6th August. Namutoni Camp, Etosha NP.
It was a favourite for us last time and didn’t let us down in the first couple of hours here this time. Etosha is a vast national park. The farthest 2 camps are well over 140 kms apart. We arrived after lunch, had a doze, then took off to the Kalkheuwel water hole, some 18 kms from the camp. A few cars were there but in the hour before we had to head back to the camp, they close the gates at sundown, we saw elephant, giraffe, warthog, 4 lions, jackal, impala as well as many birds. It was easy to see the pecking order with the animals: before the elephants arrived the other animals were very nervous with the lions so close. They became more confident with the arrival of the pachyderms especially when one of them, after having a mud bath less than 40 metres from us, headed towards where the lions were resting sending them flying. He was very impressive.
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