Friday 29 November: Etosha Safari and

 We manage another fairly early start and enter the National Park with less bureaucracy today. We see the back end of a white rhino on the way in and revisit the first waterhole and see giraffes drinking. We then drive via various bore hole stops through to the other end of the park. In all we spend about 7 hours including stops and we see hundreds of zebra, herds of wildebeest, springbok, impala, oryx and lots of giraffes. And a goshawk. Simon sees a leopard in his binoculars. I’m not so lucky. I’m disappointed we don’t see any lions. We’re hit and tired and drive out if the park spotting a herd of elephants in the trees beside the road. Our tented camp seems to redefine luxury and we even have our own personal butler 🥴. We are overlooking a waterhole and are in the Onguma Park so we’re not allowed to walk to our tent without an escort! We head off on a sundowner tour lead by Liberty our guide. I am so excited as we see 3 sleeping lionesses under a tree full and tired after the hunt. We narrowly miss a leopard sighting and then hear a magnificent roar. We are so lucky to see a lone male lion in all his glory as the King of the Jungle. There is the most glorious African sunset.