Here is my Rhino. It is made of iron wood and it was very hard to carve. I got a special price.
After checking out of the Etosha Safari Lodge, we headed across the park to the Etosha King Nehale Lodge. The lodge is on the far north end of the park and as you travel north, the landscape gets greener. It was a bit of a travel day but since we were traveling though the park the whole way, we were able to observe lots of animals.
On the way in, we stopped at a craft area where women from the Himba Tribe come to sell their crafts. They are a very interesting people. The women do not bathe but use a mud rub and smoke their bodies to stay clean. Interesting video here.
One of the highlights of the day was two large elephants that we saw from a distance. We parked and they came right by our vehicles. Amazing to watch them walk.
We saw a number of Oryx with their impressively long horns. Here is a shot of what much of the landscape was like.
Springbok – one the the smaller antelopes, but there are very many of them throughout the park. We saw hundreds. And hundreds.
We stopped by several watering holes on the way to the next lodge
Along the way, we came across a beautiful lioness and we were able to get quite close
The King Nehal lodge is a very interesting facility.
From a distance, it looks like a military base. But inside, it is very nice and the rooms themselves are great, with private plunge pools for each room.
A couple comments on our tour group. We have 4 couples on the tour and they are all nice, easy-going people. The tour is led by Sidney and Alison Bond who own and run Le Calabash. They are really special people who run small culinary classes and food and wine related trips to places like France (their home) Africa, Israel and will soon add India (2024). They keep all their groups really small and it makes all the difference. Sidney was born in South Africa and raised by a Zulu woman. Sid and Alison met in Africa and one of their daughters was born in Namibia. They have deep ties to the area and care deeply about the people. They are a wonderful couple and they are the main reason we chose this trip.
We had a very late lunch so we took it easy on the Buffet at dinner. I passed on the Eland steak.
But I did try the worms. Crunch on the outside with a bit of spiciness but quite chewy once you start chewing it. And chewing… and chewing. Mopani worms. Try them!
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