Some of my highlights of the trip so far have been the game drives we did while in Etosha National Park, Namibia's largest park stretching over 8500 square miles. Our first night in the park we stayed at Dolomite Camp, which consisted of about 20 bungalows on a hill overlooking the Savannah. It was by far one the of the most beautiful places I have every stayed. That night we went on a game drive at about 4pm. It started out slow with some sprinbok, zebras, and guineafowl and we were all getting a little discouraged because we really wanted to see some elephants, which are rare this time of year. Suddenly we turned a corner and there in front of us was a herd of elephants! I have never been so humbled by nature in my entire life. Elephants are so graceful for being so large, but when a mamma elephant got a little anxious about us being so close to her baby I was very aware that these beautiful animals could end us in just seconds. 
The next morning we went on another drive where we got to see more zebras, socialable weavers, and even a wild cheetah! Our guide said that in all his years game drives he has never been so close to a wild cheetah. That was a very cool experience, I feel so lucky that I got to not only see a whole herd of elephants but a wild cheetah too!
Although we were able to see elephants and a wild cheetah, I still really wanted to see a lion. On our last night we decided to arrange an extra 6am game drive on the morning we were leaving with hopes of seeing a lion, and you know what? We did!! Not only did we see one lion but we saw two prides, one of which was coming back from a kill. So cool!!
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