While South Africa's National Park may be bigger, the salt pans really make this special, and it's also got the vegetation and wildlife you can see at Kruger. I haven't been there in ages, but my husband reckons you see even more game here. Kev absolutely loves mixing the two, taking photos of bushveld animals set against the endless white backdrop.
That leaves me manning the video camera. While I've managed to get some good footage, there's a lot I've also missed because it takes so long to scramble for the camera, get it recording, open the window, and wait for Kev to bring the vehicle to a complete stop. To save time, then, I've started keeping the Sony Handycam on my lap, even though it's making me hot. We've also switched off the aircon and opened the windows, so now all we need to do is point and shoot. I can't believe I actually used to pay to sauna, though.
Oddly enough, we were worried about getting cold here at night because it had been freezing enough to layer our windscreen with ice in Augrabies. I've even brought my thermal sleeping bag I got for our Kilimanjaro trip at the end of the year to test it out. I ended up sleeping on top of it last night.
Kev just commented how he'd love to jump into the waterhole with this elephant. My suggestion was that we do what it's doing and go get a drink instead. Unlike what's on offer for Ellie, at Namutoni the water's served with ice.
