What do you do when you’ve got this huge urge to travel across Africa, but your job only lets you slip away for a couple of weeks a year? You break it down into smaller pieces. The expedition turns into a holiday trip, and for a little while you just forget that it’s only temporary state.
Namibia is an amazing country, one of the youngest in Africa, one of the least populated, safe, beautiful, and incredibly diverse. A place where you can still feel traces of colonial times. It's got that Anglo-Saxon style of organization, along with this wonderful attitude towards the world and each other. It's a land with barely any paved roads, but thousands of wild animals. Full of natural wonders: the world’s oldest desert, the second biggest canyon, huge clusters of monoliths, and most importantly - vast emptiness. It had been sitting at the very top of my "must visit" list. So, I went.
We rented four Toyota Hiluxes. I really wanted my dream ride - the mighty LC70, but the prices were way too crazy. We stocked up at the fanciest local supermarket (Spar, of course) and set off straight for Etosha.
"All firearms must be sealed and weapons such as catapults, bows and arrows, slings or airguns are not permitted."
That's the sign greeting us at the park entrance. Good news - we’re in the clear, no rules broken. We drive in and spend nearly three days on an incredible safari.
Etosha National Park is one of the most amazing places in Africa, famous for its massive salt pan so huge you can even spot it from space. During the rainy season it turns into a shimmering lake, drawing in thousands of birds, including flocks of pink flamingos! It's trully a wildlife paradise, where elephants, lions, rhinos and giraffes gather around the many waterholes.
Etosha is a pure luxury, wild animals literally walk right in front of the car. The easygoing ones pose while chewing grass, the smarter ones don’t. :-)
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