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Namibia, page 2
May 15 - May 17, 2004

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Country Facts: Namibia

Scroll Down the Page for updates made on: 05/20/2004
Updated Information Date Camp Site or Accommodations GPS

Distance  Today: 208km

Meals

 Braai'd chicken

Weather
Etosha National Park Namibia

15 May, 2004

Namutomi Rest Camp

 18°48.281’S
 16°56.500’E

Odometer: 21182km

Sunny, 87(F) degrees

We left Ondangwa this morning at about 10am after saying goodbye to Urs, Elza, and Bayo, who are staying behind waiting for the parts they need to fix the pinzy. We drove south through Ondjiva, stopping on the way for lunch. We were stopped at a “vet fence” which is intended to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease among cattle. We told them that we didn’t have any meat with us, and fortunately they didn’t look in the freezer. Had they confiscated all the boerewors we bought in Ondangwa we would have been very upset, but for Slade it could well have been fatal. We saw some giraffe within minutes of entering Etosha National Park, which was exciting after driving all afternoon to find them in Niger. Namutomi rest camp is quite a shock after having spent the last few months in areas with no tourist infrastructure at all. There are clean showers with hot water, toilets, sinks, and washing areas. There are also lots of tourists and a few commercial overland tour trucks. We enjoyed some of the boerewors for dinner and went to bed early in anticipation of a morning game drive tomorrow.

Updated Information Date Camp Site or Accommodations GPS

Distance  Today: 121km

Meals

 Beef Potjie

Weather
Etosha National Park Namibia

16 May, 2004

Namutomi Rest Camp

 18°48.281’S
 16°56.500’E

Odometer: 21303km

Sunny, 85(F) degrees

We left camp this morning at dawn (about 615am) and spent the day driving around the area near Namutomi, stopping at water holes and photographing animals. We saw springbok, jackal, wildebeest, zebra, and a few others. In the afternoon we caught up with a herd of about 25 elephant. They were walking through the bush and unfortunately we didn’t get a good look at them.

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Wildebeest

 

Updated Information Date Camp Site or Accommodations GPS

Distance  Today: 153km

Meals

 Braai'd boerewors

Weather
Etosha National Park Namibia

17 May, 2004

Halali Rest Camp

 19°02.216’S
 16°28.229’E

Odometer: 21456km

Sunny, 89(F) degrees

Today was spent driving slowly from Namutomi to Halali. The wildlife is amazing with huge herds of springbok on the plain along with various other animals. We spent a couple of hours in the evening at the floodlit waterhole at the campsite but didn’t see much aside from loads of birds. We left Graham at the waterhole with a two-way radio and instructions to call if something interesting arrived. 30 minutes later the radio went off and we all trekked over to the waterhole to see two black rhino drinking and bathing. We watched for about a half hour before finishing a late dinner and going to bed.

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Spotted hyena

 

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