Discovering the joys of camping in Namibia (page 20 of 30)

So many lions, Isabelle! Gorgeous photos 🙂 Gotta get used to your new avatar—it’s spot-on 😉

It’s Lion Days... so we’re giving ourselves a makeover 😄

Gotta get used to your new avatar, it’s really well chosen 😉

She even waited to change it!! Diabolical teasing!! 😄

Oh! I wasn’t gonna spoil it anyway! 😄

Ah! You're back 😊 Were the lions calling you? 😁

I’m, like Queen of Kaboso, lurking in the shadows of the river....😉 And silently savoring your adventures....

I’m here, like Queen of kaboso, lurking in the shadows of the river....😉 And silently savoring your adventures....

You were snoozing, yeah! Just like lions that can sleep up to 20 hours a day 😴 and now you’ve just woken up 😊

Hi Carmen! Love your new avatar 😄 Is it to match mine? 🤪

Looks like it...😉

But no, I hadn’t even noticed yours had changed.

My husband’s been telling me to change it for ages, but I never took the time to do it.

Well, it couldn't be better timing—it's gorgeous too! 😉

Our new painting gave me the idea to choose the leopard. Anyway, your lion is really beautiful!

Tell me, how did you find Etosha compared to Kruger?

Tell me, how did you find Etosha compared to Kruger?

In Etosha, the landscapes are very arid—everything is gray because of the dust everywhere, partly from our presence and the wind. Kruger is prettier and more diverse, but we go there mainly for the animals.

Etosha has fewer accessible roads compared to Kruger, where there are lots of little trails. But on the other hand, there are fewer people.

You really only see animals at the waterholes, so you just have to wait a bit to sometimes witness real Noah’s Arks—that’s truly magical. You don’t get that same feeling in Kruger.

As for the camps, I found Kruger’s better, but we weren’t camping, so we definitely didn’t have the same experience. For food, there wasn’t much in the shops, and by the end of the trip, it got a little tough, but we made do.

For sure, I’ll go back to Etosha and Kruger—both parks left a big impression on us. Though we don’t have much to compare to since they’re the only wildlife parks we’ve visited so far 😊

Our new painting gave me the idea to choose the leopard. Anyway, your lion is really beautiful!

I thought it was a painting 😂 but it’s a photo. That’s amazing! I’ll wait for my husband to take such great photos to enlarge them 😄

you just have to wait a bit to sometimes get real Noah’s Arks, and that’s truly magical

That’s why, even after visiting more than fifteen parks, I still love Etosha just as much 😛

I’ll wait until my husband takes photos that are just as good to enlarge them 😄

You’re being hard on your husband. ;) There are some great photos in your travel journal, especially the series of lions on the tree trunk.

you just have to wait a bit to sometimes get real Noah’s Arks, and that’s truly magical

That’s why, even after visiting more than fifteen parks, I still love Etosha just as much 😛

Hello Jean-François,

It seems you haven’t been to Kruger yet. Is it on your plans for soon?

Carmen

Hello Carmen,

It does seem fair 😉 ... actually, I’ve never been to Kruger—I’m afraid it might not quite match what we’re looking for. Still, maybe next year we’ll make a quick trip there on our way back from Mozambique. The parks I know are in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Uganda.

you just have to wait a bit to sometimes get real Noah's arches, and that’s truly magical

that’s why, even after seeing more than fifteen parks, I still love Etosha just as much 😛

Oh wow! There’s no point in me traveling all over Southern Africa just to keep coming back to Etosha 😅 No, I’m kidding, of course—I think every place is a new discovery, different from the last with its own pros and cons. The key is to make the most of the present moment 😊

In Kruger, you can see animals all year round. At Etosha, it's seasonal.

And Etosha without animals is pretty dull... The landscapes are even more beautiful in Kruger, especially in the green season.

Like Isabelle, I find the accommodations much better in Kruger. Especially the bush camps, which don’t exist in Etosha.

Personally, I didn’t recognize Etosha from this travel journal. First because of the animals, but also because of the vegetation.

What a contrast between early April and winter! !😮

Thanks for the details. We’ll have to check out Kruger to form our own opinion.

Namibia is truly a different country between the rainy season and the dry season. We noticed a huge difference during our three trips—June-July, October, and March-April. For me, in terms of landscapes, October was the least impressive season.

Good evening Isabelle,

I haven’t been to Spitzkoppe, but your stunning photos let me discover this site. I really love the ones of the sunrise and sunset.

And Epupa wasn’t our best memory from this trip

I quite enjoyed Epupa Falls, even though the waterfalls weren’t at their best, the setting was very pleasant. We went up to the viewpoint for the sunset—it was gorgeous!

What I meant by that was the cleanliness of the riverbanks, the access points, the surrounding areas...

When we were there, I didn’t find it dirty at all.

We also visited a Himba village not far from the lodge. Tom, our local guide and translator (himself Himba), made us feel at ease. We spent a wonderful morning with the women and children.

We stayed at Grootberg Lodge—indeed, the view is amazing, and the bungalows are great. They also escorted us back to our bungalow because lions had apparently been roaming the area for three weeks.

The harassment from kids toward drivers is a bit annoying.

At the market in Opuwo, what I found annoying were the women who kept putting bracelets on my wrists without asking. I’d tell them no, that I’d just bought some, but they insisted. We had a nice lunch on the terrace of the Opuwo County Hotel—great view of the valley and the distant mountains.

We stopped for the night at Hotbatère Lodge but didn’t do a game drive. Still, we saw lions from the lodge terrace, among other things.

In Etosha, we saw lots of animals, including two young lions from *very* close up. It’s truly Noah’s Ark. Another great memory was at Okaukuejo at night, near the waterhole. We were really spoiled with all our sightings. Good evening, Liliane