Etosha National Park: Namibia

We left the bush camp early morning on 17th June & briefly met up with Markus & Erica in Namatoni Camp. It was great to see them both again. We then drove slowly westwards through the park & spent two nights in Halali Camp.

The park was in great condition 

after all the late rains.

A mud encrusted Elephant

A typical Etosha scene.

Gemsbok, possibly the unofficial emblem 

of the park

Plains Zebra

Blue Wildebeest

Black-faced Impala

Black backed Jackal

Common inside this park

Nice to get some quality photos in great light.

White quilled Bustard.

Swarms of Red billed Queleas 

were at the waterholes

Damara Red billed Hornbill

Violet Woodhoopoe

Bare cheeked Babbler

Young bird.

 

Halali Camp is a great place to go birding, as it is well watered & vegetated. It is also one of the best spots to see three near endemic species: Damara Red billed Hornbill; Violet Woodhoopoe & Bare-cheeked Babbler.

Black Rhinoceros

Pale Chanting Goshawk

Double banded Courser

Red capped Lark

Blue Wildebeest drinking.

Red Hartebeest

Springbok

Etosha is vast!

Male Ostrich

Sociable Weavers drinking.

A few Sociable Weavers were building nests 

on man-made structures.

Kalahari Scrub Robin.

Elephant Shrew

Black backed Jackal hunting Doves 

coming to drink.

Black headed Heron

This bird had caught a Namaqua Dove!

It eventually ate it whole!

Red necked Falcon

Many waterholes have a pair of these Falcons

 hunting birds coming to drink.