From the tented camp through Etosha

So Wednesday morning and we set off for Etosha to see all the African wildlife, we made it there about 7 o’clock. As we passed the gates to get in we started searching for the animals, after about 15 minutes of driving we finally started to see them, first the springbok, which there turned out to be loads throughout the park, then we started to see some zebras and giraffes ostriches and loads more, but no lions or elephants.

As we were driving around we decided it would be best to head to the first of the three lodges in the national park to see if they had any space left for our tent and landie, but we got there and there was none available, so we carried on driving in the park towards the next lodge whilst also still looking for the elusive elephant, which we were told were all over the place and it would be unlikely to miss them, after the hours were passing though no elephants, rhinos or lions were found and we were getting close to the second of the lodges. We got there, went in and asked if they had any spaces, but again there were none available, so it was looking more and more unlikely us getting one. A few more hours passed and none were found so we headed to the last lodge, but as stu was driving on the road we went through a hidden dip which our landie took a big hit and made the back door fly open letting all the stuff we had in the back fall out in quite a comical fashion. The hit damaged our landie pretty bad though and it started making the worst sounds I’ve ever heard from her, so we pulled up, turned the engine off and got out the landie (which your not meant to as lions and other animals roam the area) to investigate it. After checking her out and letting her cool down we turned her back on to realize the oil pressure was at zero, which we knew was bad as no oil going around the engine can ruin it, so we headed to the last lodge driving slower than normal there to see if they had a mechanic. When we got there we found someone who used to work for Land Rover so he knew a fair bit about them, as he checked her over he said we needed more oil and informed us that the oil gage could be faulty but to get it checked out at the next town we stay. Again we checked if there was any spare spaces at the lodge, but their were none so we used the rest of the time we had at the park to look to see if we could find some elephants, again their were none, we seemed to have missed all of the elephants that were meant to have been in the park and near impossible to miss, as the time hit 17:10 and we had to leave by half past as the gates were closing we decided to call it a day and head to the next town Tsumeb to get some camp site their. After a few hours driving we managed to get to Tsumeb and find a place to stay until we get Kim checked out at a garage.