Last weekend, and “on the spur of the moment” I booked two nights in Etosha, took the car and left Windhoek just before lunch Saturday.
I quickly checked in at Okaukuejo and then hit the road again to make use of the last half-hour before sun-set. Lions are of course always on the wishing-list so I headed north towards Okondeka. Everyone else sees lions there. I saw lots of Zebras…
…a Kori bustard (world’s heaviest bird that can fly!)…
…more Zebras, beautiful in the low sun-light…
…a Blackbacked Jackal…
…and Springbok. But the sun was really low. Time to head back! By mistake I took the road towards Leeubron and soon after passing that the sun passed the horizon and…
…I met these three! A female, an old and a young male.
The King…
…the Queen…
…and the Prince. Three metres from my open car window, looking me straight in the eyes.
This Lappet-faced Vulture (?) seemed to know that Lions means food for him as well.
Just another hundred metres away I found these ladies…
…not caring much about the car approaching in the dark…
…just playing around as if I wasn’t there.
This male passed by with a plastic bottle in his mouth. And I rushed home to Okaukuejo, finding closed gates but finally one place to sneak in. Good start on my Etosha weekend!
Otroligt fina bilder och intressant läsning, Anders!
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Tack Stabbe!
Lucky you took the wrong turn, Anders! Superb photography and exciting reading. Thankyou!!
It is a lot about luck. Thanks Maureen!
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