Discover Etosha National Park

The roughly 5,000-square-kilometer, mostly dry salt pan gives the park its name and shimmers silvery-white during the dry season, while after rare rainfall a shallow lake briefly forms, attracting thousands of flamingos.

Since natural rivers are absent from the region, practically all wildlife activity concentrates around the park's numerous natural and artificial waterholes, making them the most reliable spots for wildlife viewing from your vehicle during a safari.

The park is home to one of Africa's largest concentrations of wildlife, including lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes and cheetahs, which gather at the waterholes especially during the dry season between May and October and are easy to observe.

Several lodges such as Okaukuejo have illuminated waterholes right at the camp, where visitors can watch rhinos, lions and elephants drink from the edge even at night, without having to leave the comfort of their accommodation.

From Windhoek, the park's southern Anderson Gate can be reached by rental car in about four to five hours over well-developed roads. The nearest airport is in Ondangwa, from where several lodges offer a transfer.

The roughly 5,000-square-kilometer, mostly dry salt pan gives the park its name and shimmers silvery-white during the dry season, while after rare rainfall a shallow lake briefly forms, attracting thousands of flamingos.

Since natural rivers are absent from the region, practically all wildlife activity concentrates around the park's numerous natural and artificial waterholes, making them the most reliable spots for wildlife viewing from your vehicle during a safari.

The park is home to one of Africa's largest concentrations of wildlife, including lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes and cheetahs, which gather at the waterholes especially during the dry season between May and October and are easy to observe.