Saturday 2019/12/21

Okaukuejo – Olifantsrus (Etosha)

Breakfast made and let's go. Finally we spotted the first elephants in the bushes in the morning. A detour to the so-called "fairytale forest" turns out to be quite nice. We realize the first huge social weaver nests in the trees. We notice that the hartebeest look like horses from afar. The highlight around noon: A group of dozing lions, “Pride of lions” as opposed to “Tower of Giraffes” as Stanley, our guide on the Waterberg plateau, taught us. There are two males, three females and 3 juveniles. After a while of observation, we drive to a nearby rest area to take a lunch break. Then we drive back to the lions. The group rearranged itself minimally, dozing through the day.

Our camp Olifantsrus today is small, clean and wonderful. Although our reservation did not work and another tourist who came after us snapped up a good place, we like it here. Wolle hears a loud rumbling sound, just like the rumbling of lions. But could also be used as a motorcycle sound. We discover a large herd of elephants on the way to the waterhole of the camp. Everything whizzes to the great lookout tower around which is in the center of the water hole, and enjoy the great spectacle of how the elephants drink thirstily, bathe and afterwards carry out extensive body care with soil and scratch on branches. For this purpose, the leading cow flattens a termite mound and sits virtually in the middle.

After a beautiful sunset there is an omelette as a late light dinner.