Namibia
Okonjima
Camp 9
Okonjima is the home of AfriCat, which is dedicated to taking the orphan cubs of Cheetahs and Leopards whose parents have been killed by the farmers. Farmers kill the big cats because the cats kill the livestock owned by farmers. Killing cats is against the law unless the farmer finds the cats attacking the livestock. Africats raises them, put them in a safe area, and then release them into the wild on their huge game reserve.
We stayed here back in 2012 and enjoyed staying in the Bush Suite. This is luxury in the bush. This is an amazing place for our last night on safari. The Suite comes with your own chef, manager, guide, tracker, and housekeeper.
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| Martinez the tracker and Jonas the Guide with Barb |
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| Safari drive |
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| Entrance to our Bush Suite |
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| Back patio overlooking the swimming pool with a watering hole beyond |
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| Scott relaxing in our Suite |
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| Our room |
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| Bathroom |
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| Indoor and Outdoor shower |
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| Enjoying tea with Jonas |
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| Pool |
We tracked and photographed Cheetahs on foot.
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| Scott pointing to the Cheetah |
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| Cleaning herself after eating |
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| A sundowner on foot with Cheetah’s |
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| Another beautiful sunset |
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| It got windy and there was a dust storm while looking at the Cheetah’s |
We found a Leopard that had obviously just eaten something large. Our guide named Jonas thought that the Leopard had eaten a Wart Hog. He was panting hard and looked very uncomfortable.
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| Barb pointing to the leopard |
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| Panting |
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| Look at that full belly |
We saw other animals and birds on their reserve.
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| These are the black wildebeests. They have a long white tail, unlike the blue wildebeest |
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| Running male Kudus |
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| Red Hornbill |
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| Red beaked Franklin |
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| Warthogs have to go down on their knees to drink |
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| Male Warthogs have 4 warts on their face. Females only have 2. |
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| Wild Dog |
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| Zebra |
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| Oryx |
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| Blue Wildebeest |
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| Bat Ear Fox |
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| Banded Mongoose. They eat a lot of snakes |
We had an evening dinner party, and Barb had a dance party with the manager.
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| Dinner and Dancing |
We will be driving from Okonjima to the Windhoek airport on tar roads, and saying goodbye to Chuma. Scott will be sad. He wants to buy Chuma and take it home with him as a souvenir.
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| Chuma |
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| He now drives from the backseat. |
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| This is Deluxe! Leg room and he can straighten his arms! You can see the new rail they manufactured for him in 2 hours! |
Barb says goodbye to her favorite animal, Mr. Giraffe.
Goodbye Safari. We are off the the Seychelles next.
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