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Epic amounts of wildlife, and stunning landscapes

Arriving just outside Etosha to spend a night before we headed into the park, we were greeted with a downpour.
The next day, we set off nice and early. Upon entering the park, we immediately saw this fox-like critter! At this point, we were pretty excited.
This guy made an appearance as well.
Checking into the park, you’ll have to visit one of the campsites to pay your park fees. The nearest camp to us had a sweet tower to climb which gave a nice overview of the immediate area.
Not long after setting off, we got our first close up sighting of some Zebra!
A rather empty watering hole. Because we were there during the rainy season, the animals don’t congregate at the watering holes as much, because there’s plenty of water everywhere.
There aren’t just mammals to see in Etosha, but birds too!
Big, big, birds.
And plenty of these guys.
We’d seen a giraffe from the highway from Windhoek to Swakopmund, but seeing one up close was very cool! Such weird looking animals!

The landscape. It’s pretty flat out this way, so you can see for miles, and hope that the weather systems you’re seeing aren’t coming your way…
The ever present Oryx.
More giraffe.
This looks like a landscape shot, but if you look closer, you can see the silhouette of a herd of giraffe dotted along the horizon.
As we got closer to our campsite, we came across a large herd of zebra and springbok. We could get right up close to this guy.

So. Many. Springbok.
The watering hole near our campsite.

The mighty salt pan in the middle of Etosha. This thing is massive.
I mentioned that there were cool birds, right?
These guys were surprisingly large. We mostly saw them on the ground, but when they flew, they were hugely impressive.
Elephant!
On our second day, our number one goal was to spot an Elephant. Mission successful!
He was a big guy, and looked kind of grumpy. We were ready to scarper if he showed any sign of charging us.
Even more giraffes! We didn’t get sick of this.

Another herd of springbok, with some wildebeest dotted amongst them.
Many of the animals just didn’t care about standing along the road.
Our final evening, we visited the nearby watering hole, to spot some sparring springbok.

Can’t beat a good sunset.

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Hi, we’re Natalie and Jackson: a trans-continental couple who met in New York City in 2013 and haven’t been apart since. We got married in June 2015 and have been traveling around the world together.

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