Even when you have a slow day of game viewing at Namibia's Etosha National Park, you’re in the pound seats back at Okaukuejo camp. In our experience it’s a great place in the dry season to see elephants on an Etosha safari.
By Roxanne Reid
Even when you have a slow day of game viewing at Namibia's Etosha National Park, you’re in the pound seats back at Okaukuejo camp. In our experience it’s a great place in the dry season to see elephants on an Etosha safari.
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