Elephant party in Khaudum

Here we learn what it means to travel during the rainy season in the Kalahari. Everything is juicily green. High grass, fresh leaves, resulting in barely any wildlife vistas because you can only see through one bush row, which in turn is quite scary. But for a giraffe it is difficult to hide ;) The plenty permanent water holes are visited only by birds and a few warthogs during the day. But at least we find fresh cat tracks in the size of my foot nearby!

During nighttime the elephants party hard ploughing the sand tracks, making them even less traversible, twisting concrete direction signs for the confusion/amusement of passing tourists and pushing trees and bushes onto the track. I send Daniel with a saw and axe ahead to clear the way :D

On the open plains a lot of game: Oryxes, wildebeests and lovely roans with their fancy long ears and curious look! Khaudum is one of the few unfenced national parks, allowing animals to freely migrate to and fro. Most other parks, especially private ones in more urban areas, are rather huge zoos, filled with not necessarily native stock.Read more