2020-09 NA Onguma-Epupa-Puros [45 photos | date asc | see 123 more photos | see 9 video clips]
Luxury and adventure combined in one trip!
A very special treat at the luxury Onguma Lodge where we were upgraded to the only guests in the honeymoon suite at the Fort... wow!
We then drove through Etosha national park from Okaukuejo gate to the western gate passed the Dolomite Camp. Then the adventure started with a few wildcamps along the Kunene river and a 2 nights at Epupa Falls where we met our new Dutch friends, Charlotte and Arno. The intention was to drive together to Puros through the begining of Van Zijl road the following the Kuhumib and Hoarusib riverbeds... but as they were renting a 4x4 there were not allowed to go off D roads... meaning through riverbeds. So we took 2 different paths and spent a night together at Puros. The irony is that the only small portion of D road on our path – the D3703 which is the begining of the Van Zijl road – was in fact 10 times worst than any river beds we drove through! We spent almost 3 h driving the last 5 km before turning south at Otjitanda! For the first time, we drove through the beautiful Puros canyon where the Hoarusib river was still flowing and then reached the Hoanib river and spent our last night at the Elephant Song campsite watching elephants browsing below the cliffs in the riverbed.
deck with pool
heron bird & egyptian goose on dead branch at waterhole & cheetah
young cheetahs & mother drinking at waterhole & zebras
young cheetahs & mother drinking at waterhole
Cheetah Family
Zebras
wildebeests under tree
sprigboks lining in tree shade
sunset on trees at waterhole
malke kudu
dry pan with green algae
oryxs in dry pan with green algae
oryx in dry pan with green algae
elephant footprints in pan
warthog at borehole
Warthogs
spriboks near borehole
zebra fighting in dry grass
spriboks watching in dry grass
spriboks running in dry grass
Lisa at waterfall
trees in riverbed
ranger on rocky beach along Kunene river
baobab in front of zebra mountain
baobab tree near waterfall
baobab trees near waterfall
baobab trees near waterfall
baobab tree along D3703 gravel road
white bark tree on rocky hill
cracked muddy riverbed
cracked muddy riverbed
cracked muddy riverbed
giraffe in riverbed
panorama | green bushes & mountains
trees in riverbed
bird on tree branch
water flowing in Puros canyon
elephants browsing in riverbed
elephants browsing in riverbed
hot spring pool
plain with mopane trees & yellow sand
mopane tree leaves in tracks
powdery dust tracks
tortuous tree
tortuous tree
