From one UNESCO World Heritage Site to another!

Before entering Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, we had to get out of the Red Elephant, step into some disinfectant, and place our spare shoes in disinfectant, too.

After hopping back into the Red Elephant, we slowly traveled through the park, searching for animals on our way to Nata Lodge.

Although I had seen a warthog at Etosha, I didn’t get a photo.  This one is zoomed in and cropped a lot, but it is a warthog!

An ostrich leading MANY baby ostrich chicks!

I learned today that a wildebeest is also called a gnu! 🤦‍♀️

One from a line of four elephants walking along the road.

Using his tusks, this bull elephant pulled the cover off of a drain to drink the water.

Several zeals of zebras entertained us.

Why did the zebras cross the road?

Solo giraffe staring us down.

Giraffe family hesitant about us.

For sunset we took the Red Elephant to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. At the size of Switzerland, they are one of the biggest salt pans worldwide.

The salt pans are rustically beautiful.  Following some rain, flamingos and pelicans hang out.  We saw only gnus and a shrub hare.  With a thunderstorm over nearby Zimbabwe, the sunset over the pans was lovely and a bit eerie.

This photo captures the scenery well!

Kayla recorded a video of the thunderstorm, hoping for lightening to flash.  It did!  We screenshotted the moment the lightening lit up the sky.

Salt pans vamping!  With the heat, we most often wear our hair up, but for this photo we all let it hang loose.