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Etosha National Park

One of Africa's great wildlife sanctuaries, built around a vast salt pan that draws game to its waterholes.

Etosha is defined by its enormous salt pan — so large it can be seen from space — and by the waterholes that ring it. In the dry season the wildlife comes to the water rather than the other way around, which makes game viewing here unusually rewarding and unusually calm. Elephant, giraffe, springbok, oryx, zebra and lion gather within metres of one another, and the floodlit waterholes at the main camps allow sightings long after dark.

The park is accessible on well maintained gravel roads, which makes it as suited to a first safari as it is to a returning photographer.

Things to do

Game drives Waterhole viewing Night game viewing Birdwatching Photography

Getting there

Roughly a 4 to 5 hour drive north of Windhoek on tarred and gravel roads.

Travel tips

  • Bring binoculars and a long lens.
  • Stay near a floodlit waterhole for after-dark sightings.
  • Days are hot and nights can be cold in winter — pack layers.
Journeys

Safaris visiting Etosha National Park

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