Wildlife Encounters in Africa

For the past 25+ years I have been exploring and doing safaris for a few months every year.
Often you encounter some interesting wildlife scenes, and this was one of them.

While traveling one morning early through the Etosha National Park in Namibia, on my last geocaching safari walk-about, I came across this Springbok killed by an Hyena. The Hyena was surrounded and harassed by about a dozen Black-back Jackals.

The Hyena tried to protect its kill, but the jackals keep on nipping at, and harassed the bigger animal.

In the end the Hyena tried to make an run for it with left-over carcass, but again the jackals tackle it, and in the end the Hyena just accepted defeat and walked away.

 

 

 

 

There are many places in Namibia that capture the imagination of visitors. The Namib-Naukluft Mountain Park is one of them.

When exploring the mountain, it is difficult to imagine that only a short distance away across the mountain, you will find the highest dunes in the world at Sossusvlei and the Namib Desert.

This mountain is full of crystal clear springs and pools. In the Waterkloof ("Kloof" in Afrikaans means "valley), the river-bed is lined with many giant Wild Fig trees, and some even cling to the cliffs.

There is an ancient Bushmen / San people legend of an place, called "The mountains of the moon". This mountains always make me think of it.

 

The beauty of Etosha is not only in her wildlife, but also in the various trees and scrubs found in the Park. Without the trees there would be no life.

 

Encounters in Naukluft Mountain Park, Namibia