Nkossie tells about all the wonderful sights of cheetah and lions when they visited Etosha National Park on the wonderful accommodated NBa21 Namibia and Botswana Southern Circle tour.

On our first day in Etosha, the game drive greeted us in style! We left early in the morning and we were the first at the National Park gate and so we were the first to see a cheetah that had its sub adult male offspring. We were treated to the front seat row in the wild arena as the two wild “greyhounds” (as the cheetah are the fastest land mammals in Africa) allowed us to take a few well deserved photos before they slowly took off into the nearby bushes.

We went on with smiles painting on our faces, while still musing over the cheetah sightings, we caught a glimpse of a lone lion that was strolling majestically into the thickets not giving us ample time to get to take pictures of him! However still we kept our fingers, toes and arms crossed in anticipation to see more lions and in no time we were handsomely rewarded when we found a gigantic male concealing himself in reeds to keep himself out of sight of springboks, zebras and wildebeests that were “strewn” all over the waterhole seemingly oblivious of their adversary. The lion was in company of three lionesses who were not so patient and kept on peeping over the reeds to see what’s on the “bush menu”.

The “red elephant” as our truck is affectionately known, gave us a commanding view of this awesome spectacle because of height. We added a fair number of photos to our memory cards and left for lunch! On our way to Brandberg, we had another dose of cheetah sighting as a lone male walked across an open grass field as if to say “you see me?” he went on to lie under a bush, the only one in a seemingly endless grassland!

Chobe National Park refused to offer less! The end of our stay at Etosha began with an early morning game drive on the last day and was equally rewarding! Lions, lionesses and cubs all had their “residence” around an elephant carcass while black backed Jackals longed for a share at the well secured meal – even the vultures wouldn’t dare set foot on the carcass as a lioness without table manners clambered over the fallen “mountain beast” turned into a meal. We all went home with smiles - indelible memories imprinted carefully in our hearts! This is Africa – Only with Sunway Safaris!