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Etosha National Park
Like all of Namibia's landscapes, Etosha National Park is immense. It is the third largest national park in the world and boasts a truly unique landscape, as well as a diversity of wildlife rarely matched anywhere in the world.
Much of the park is occupied by the Etosha pan, a huge saline desert surrounded by waterholes. During the dry season thousands of animals come to these waterholes to drink, giving you a wonderful opportunity to sit and observe the wildlife. During the rainy season, the pan itself fills with water attracting a multitude of wading birds, including flamingo.
The woodlands, grasslands and perennial springs surrounding the pan provide a habitat for over 114 species of mammals, often in large numbers. These include lion, leopard, elephant, black and white rhino, cheetah, giraffe, zebra and many antelope as well as over 340 species of birds.
In and around Etosha
Game-viewing is usually conducted by vehicle in Etosha due to the sheer size of the region. There is, however, plenty of opportunity for walking safaris, fly-camping and hides. Rhino tracking is also possible at some of the lodges.
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Accommodation in Etosha National Park (Namibia)
Little Ongava, situated in the private 66,000 acre Ongava game reserve sharing a common boundary with Etosha National Park, lies nestled on the crest of a hill with wonderful views onto the plains below.
Located only 8kms from the Von Lindequist Gate on the eastern outskirts of the Etosha National Park, Mushara Lodge is ideally situated for travellers visiting the region.
Namutoni Restcamp is situated on the eastern side of Etosha, and derives its name from the old German fort around which it is built.
Situated in the middle of Etosha National Park, near the public western entrance, Okaukuejo Restcamp is the largest of the rest camps within the region, and the centre for park rangers and researchers.
Ongava Lodge is situated along the southern boundary of Etosha National Park in the privately owned Ongava Game Reserve.
Ongava Tented Camp is situated along the southern boundary of Etosha National Park in the 30,000-hectare, privately owned Ongava Game Reserve.
Onguma Plains Camp is located in a private concession area adjacent to the eastern border of Etosha National Park, overlooking the beautiful scarceness of the Etosha Pans.
Situated on the eastern side of Etosha, bordering Fisher’s Pan, Onguma Tented Camp is one of Namibia’s best kept secrets.
Onguma Tree Top Camp is situated on the Onguma Game Reserve, located just east of Etosha National Park.
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Other regions in Namibia
The Caprivi in the north-east of Namibia is a narrow strip of land, 450km long and 100km wide.
Damaraland is one of the most scenic regions in Namibia with stunning landscapes ranging from expansive sand dunes to soaring mountain peeks, ancient valleys, boulder strewn floodplains and curious rock formations.
Like all of Namibia's landscapes, Etosha National Park is immense. It is the third largest national park in the world.
Fish River Canyon is famous for its stunning geographical features. The Canyon, one of the largest in the world, meanders and corkscrews for almost 160 kilometres.
The Skeleton Coast is a stretch of coast in northern Namibia, famous for the numerous skeletal shipwrecks embedded in the shores and the almost inhospitable, yet incredibly beautiful, desert that surrounds them.
Sossusvlei’s apricot dunes, the largest in the world, are one of the main highlights of any trip through the Namib Dessert.
Swakopmund is Namibia’s largest coastal town and traditional 'summer capital'.
Looming 150 metres above the plains below, the Waterberg is a spectacular sandstone plateau, 50km long and 16km wide. The area is extremely lush and fertile with a mosaic of trees and savannah supporting an abundance of wildlife including many rare and threatened species.
Windhoek, Namibia's busy capital, is a brilliant tourist spot with impressive architecture, lots of good restaurants, and easy access to nearby reserves.
