Game Days and Desert Living

Yes, pride rock does exist! yehahahhaha...kidding. Well, partly. Every time I see some sort of rock formation, I look at it hoping that there is Simba roaring or something of that nature. I did have my first encounter with these kings just yesterday and it was AMAZING! Driving through the plains and looking, hoping to see something, anything. Hoping that you won't miss out on any of the action. Everything is just surreal. Part of me doesn't really believe that I am in Africa on a game drive stalking for animals. This is what Discovery channel people do, not normal folks. yehahahah.

There is more to it than the lions, but all of the animals are just so beautiful. To see them out in nature and observe them in their environment. Elephants. Giraffes. Springboks. Birds. Black Rhinos. Warthogs (Pumbas). Wildebeests. Kudus. Zebras. And all sorts of animals I have never heard of. All of them are so fabulous and breathtaking.

Luckily, it is still the dry season and so there hasn't been any rain recently. And so, all the animals can be found in waterholes. When it rains, they could find water in other pockets, but when there is no rain, the only water is really at these watering holes. I was able to see a ton of animals. Even witnessed my first stampede. Well, I called it a stampede when I saw a ton of wildebeests all running amok.

At the campsite we are at in Etosha National Park in Namibia, there is a watering hole nearby that at night has floodlights. We are able to sit and observe black rhinos, giraffes, and other animals that may go to the waterhole. The other night I heard a lion make some grumbling sound and other scuffles, but I wish I could hear the roar!

The desert is super dusty and Namibia claims to have the best gravel roads in the world! There is also a salt flat here, but not as big as the one in Bolivia. Tomorrow, I head into Botswana.