Images - Africa 2003
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Namibia, 2003
Desert - Etosha 1 - Etosha 2 - Etosha 3 - Swakopmund
Northern Safari - Etosha National Park
For 4 days we had a fantastic journey through Etosha - one of the world's greatest wildlife viewing venues.
Images - Africa 2003 Namibia, 2003 Desert - Etosha 1 - Etosha 2 - Etosha 3 - Swakopmund Northern Safari - Etosha National Park For 4 days we had a fantastic journey through Etosha - one of the world's greatest wildlife viewing venues. |
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Long Tailed Shrike | ||
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A beautiful female Kudu, the kudu is Africa's second tallest Antelope, and the males carry massive spiralling horns. I had the privledge of meeting one 2 minutes after leaving the Windhoek airport, almost landed in my lap. | ||
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Damara's Dik Dik - this is one of the smallest of Antelope, as you can see they can be very hard to spot in the bush. Shoulder height is about 35cm. | ||
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Unmistakenly a Giraffe - giraffe is derived from the Arabic word zarafah - "the one who walks quickly". | ||
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We found many along the dirt roads, grazing way up on the tops of trees which most other animals cannot reach. | ||
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The giraffe has an amazing tongue, long and pink it can wrap around a branch full of sharp needles and pull the green leaves right off. | ||
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The Kori Bustard - the largest flying birds in the world. We only saw him spread his wings for a brief moment. | ||
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The Springbok - Southern Afirca's only gazelle, it can survive without being near a water source getting it's water mostly through it's food. The Springbok is famous for it's "Prongking" or bounding which it displays when it sees predators. | ||
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Our last water hole for our first day was a real treat, we had 6 or 7 large Elephant, along with 4 lion and a giraffe. | ||
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The Elephant taking a drink and disussing world politics. | ||
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Plover - these little guys would scurry around the Elephant dung looking for food. | ||
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Eland - Africa's largest antelope, it's a massive animal. It drinks daily, but can go for a month or more without. This guy was thirsty, we watched him quietly approach the water hole, taking note of the pride of lion nearby. | ||
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A beautiful sunset to end our first day in the Etosha park, the extremely dry air and dust in the air created picture perfect sunsets every day. The park gates close at sunset so we raced back to the gate. | ||
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Female lion lapping up some water in the morning. | ||
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We had the pleasure of watching this female lion feed her cubs. | ||
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Mom and cubs walking to a tree, then into the bush. | ||
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Guinea Fowl | ||
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Gemsbok - otherwise known as an Oryx. | ||
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Yellow Hornbill | ||
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| More pictures - Etosha #2 | |||