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Map showing the location of Etosha National Park in northern Namibia |
Welcome to Etosha National Park, Namibia's premier game reserve |
The opening times are posted as sunrise to sunset |
Map of the public roads in Etosha National Park |
Southern entrance to Etosha National Park on the road from Outjo |
Okaukuejo rest camp, Etosha National Park |
Okaukuejo Rest Camp, one of 3 camps in Etosha National Park |
Standard double room at Okaukuejo |
Of all the electrical adapters I brought, none fit these Namibian outlets |
Waterhole at Okaukuejo |
African hoopoe at Okaukuejo |
Cape ground squirrel at Okaukuejo |
Huge social weaverbird nest at the Okaukuejo waterhole |
Social Weaver |
Waterhole at Okaukuejo |
Red Hartebeest...why the long face? |
Redcrested Korhaan |
Plains Zebra, Etosha |
Springbok, the most common species in Etosha National Park |
Plains Zebra, Etosha |
Gemsbok (Oryx) |
White Quilled Bustard (Northern Black Korhaan) |
Steenbok |
Steenbok |
Giraffe, Etosha |
The first evening's sunset |
Dusk at the waterhole at Okaukuejo |
Soon after sunset, Black Rhinoceros arrive at Okaukuejo |
Sightings of Black Rhino at Okaukuejo's floodlit waterhole are practically guaranteed |
Black rhinoceros, Okaukuejo water hole, Etosha |
Sunrise, day 2, Etosha National Park |
Springbok at dawn, Etosha |
Springbok near Okaukuejo camp |
Whitequilled korhaan |
Springbok, Etosha |
Jackal peering out from behind a road marker, Etosha |
No lions at Wolfsnes...only Springbok |
Pair of black-backed jackals near Wolfsnes |
Black-backed jackal, Etosha |
A lone tree on the western edge of the Etosha Pan |
Greater Kestrel, Etosha, Namibia |
Gemsbok (Oryx) with mismatched horns |
Moringa Forest (Märchenwald, Sprokieswoud) |
Cape ground squirrel |
Ghost Tree Forest, Etosha |
Ghost trees of Etosha - Moringa ovalifolia |
This is as far west as independent travellers can go in Etosha |
Springbok near Ozonjuitji m'Bari |
Springbok at Ozonjuiji m'Bari |
Blue wildebeest among the springbok herd, Ozonjuitji m'Bari |
Springbok at Ozonjuiji m'Bari |
Springbok relaxing with zebra |
Yellow mongoose, Etosha National Park |
Purple Roller |
Remains of a zebra kill, Etosha |
Plains Zebra, Etosha |
Blue wildebeest |
Magnificient gemsbok (oryx) between Okondeka and Wolfsnes |
Secretary bird |
Secretary bird |
This pair of trees on the Okondeka Road alway attracts game |
Waterhole at Okaukuejo |
Plains Zebra in the waterhole at Okaukuejo |
Gemsbok (Oryx) at Nebrownii |
Gemsbok (Oryx) at Nebrownii |
Gemsbok (Oryx) at Nebrownii |
Gemsbok (Oryx) fighting at the Nebrownii waterhole, Etosha |
A springbok at Nebrownii |
Mixed herd of gemsbok and zebra at Nebrownii |
Gemsbok (Oryx) at Nebrownii |
Gemsbok and zebra at Nebrownii |
Now the zebra are fighting, Nebrownii |
Springbok |
Burchell's Courser |
Burchell's Courser |
Lilac-Breasted Roller, the National Bird of Botswana |
Lilac-Breasted Roller |
Black-faced Impala |
Black-faced Impala |
Is that a yawn? |
Cape Glossy Starling |
Cape Glossy Starling |
Ostrich |
Black-backed jackal, Etosha |
Herd of springbok, Etosha |
Wildebeest seeking shade under a small tree |
Halali rest camp lies midway between Okaukuejo in the west and Namutoni in the east |
Dusk over the waterhole at Halali ends day 2 |
Like Okaukuejo, the floodlit waterhole at Halali is an excellent place to see Black Rhino |
Black Rhinoceros drinking at Halali |
Black Rhino reflecting in the waterhole at Halali |
A second Rhino arrives at Halali |
The first big predator this trip, a spotted hyena early morning on day 3, Rhino Drive south of Halali |
Male Doublebanded Sandgrouse |
Female Doublebanded Sandgrouse |
Plains Zebra, Etosha |
Gemsbok with a herd of springbok |
Cape Turtle Dove |
Black-backed Jackal |
No lions at Salvadora |
Laughing Dove |
Pied Crow |
Pied Crow |
Sueda - Etosha National Park |
Etosha Pan |
Yellow mongoose, Etosha National Park |
Kori Bustard |
Turn-off for the Etosha Lookout |
Parched earth of the Etosha Pan |
Regular cars can get around Etosha with no problem |
Etosha Pan |
Lilac-Breasted Roller |
Cape ground squirrel |
Cape ground squirrel - certainly a male |
Nuamses - Etosha National Park |
Red Hartebeest and Black-faced impala at Goas |
Springbok and Impala at the busy Goas waterhole near Halali |
Springbok herd at Goas waterhole, Etosha |
McDonald's logo emblazoned on the rear of impalas marking them as fast food |
Lone elephant on a midday visit to Halali's waterhole |
African Elephant at Halali |
Elephant drinking at Halali |
Red Hartebeest |
A pair of male impalas sparring at Goas waterhole |
Black-faced Impala, Goas |
Immature Bateleur in flight at Goas, Etosha |
Immature Bateleur landing |
Wahlberg’s Eagle taking off, Goas waterhole, Etosha |
Lilac-Breasted Roller |
Blacksmith Plover |
Giraffe, Etosha |
Giraffe |
Giraffe bending down to pick up a bone |
Giraffe sucking on a bone |
Giraffe with a bone |
Giraffe, near Okerfontein, Etosha |
Warthog |
Red Hartebeest |
Plains Zebra, Etosha |
Yellowbilled Hornbill, Ngobib loop road, Etosha |
Yellowbilled Hornbill, Ngobib loop road, Etosha |
Giraffe near Namutoni |
Steenbok in tall grass |
I stay at Namutoni, the 3rd rest camp, for 2 nights |
Giant Eagle Owl by the Namutoni waterhole on the end of Day 3 |
The Southern Cross on a clear night from Namutoni |
Namutoni's German fort at dawn on Day 4 |
1902 German colonial fort at Namutoni |
German Imperial Coat-of-Arms, Namutoni Fort |
Namibian flag over Namutoni |
Namutoni |
Blue wildebeest |
Giraffe with the Etosha Pan in the distance |
Giraffe |
Grey Lourie |
Giraffe, Etosha |
Helmeted Guineafowl, German Pearl Chicken (Perlhuhn) |
Young male Greater Kudu, Klein Namutoni |
Greater Kudu |
Bachelor herd of Greater Kudu at Klein Namutoni waterhole |
Plains Zebra, Klein Namutoni, Etosha |
Greater Kudu, Klein Namutoni |
Greater Kudu, Klein Namutoni |
Slender mongoose on the side of the Namutoni-Tsumeb road |
Damara Dik Diks are common along the main road from Namutoni to the Von Lindequist Gate |
Black-faced Impala |
Damara Dik Dik, a tiny antelope |
Damara Dik Dik |
Damara Dik Dik |
Female Greater Kudu bolting across the road |
Greater Kudu |
Breeding herd of Kudu approaching Klein Namutoni |
Giraffe drinking at Groot Okevi |
Giraffe with Oryx and Springbok |
Giraffe drinking at Groot Okevi with Oryx and Springbok |
Martial Eagle in flight over the Andoni Plain with a herd of Wildebeest |
Martial Eagle in flight over the Andoni Plain |
Nehale Iya Mpingana Gate, the northern gate to Etosha by Andoni |
Big bull elephant shaking off after a mud bath, Andoni Plain |
Old bull, Andoni |
Old bull elephant crossing the road at Andoni |
African White-backed Vulture in flight overhead Andoni (Etosha) |
Giraffe near Tsumcor |
Tsumcor waterhole busy with elephant, giraffe and zebra |
Elephants at Tsumcor |
A big bull checking me out, Tsumcor |
A large herd of elephants overwhelming Tsumcor |
The outsider |
Along Pan's Edge |
Giraffe |
Fischer's Pan usually contains water |
Ostrich, Fischer's Pan |
Twee Palms, near Namutoni |
This must be Twelve Palms |
Damara Dik Dik |
Impala racing across the Von Lindquest Gate access road |
Damara Dik Dik |
A pair of Damara Dik Diks, Klein Namutoni |
Klein Namutoni waterhole |
A thristy herd of elephants stampeding towards Klein Namutoni |
Elephants invading Klein Namutoni |
Elephants at Klein Namutoni |
On my 2002 trip I didn't see nearly the number of elephants as 2005 |
Elephants at Klein Namutoni |
Klein Namutoni waterhole |
Elephants at Klein Namutoni |
Elephants at Klein Namutoni |
The giraffe and zebra are waiting til the elephants are finished |
Elephant in musth |
Baby elephant playing in the mud, Klein Namutoni |
Elephants spraying themselves at the waterhole |
Cooling off at the waterhole |
After a brief stay, the herd moves on |
After the bath |
Elephants taking a dust bath after visiting the waterhole |
Time to move on |
Two baby elephants take a last drink of water |
The herd moves west leaving Klein Namutoni for Koinachas |
Don't leave us behind! Baby elephants hurry to catch up |
Racing to catch the herd |
Youngsters bringing up the rear |
Mama elephant watching out for the stragglers |
The tusks of Etosha elephants are small from digging for water |
Giraffes around Klein Namutoni |
Black-faced Impala |
Banded mongoose |
Banded mongoose |
The giraffe return to Klein Namutoni |
A lone bull arrives at Klein Namutoni after the herd departs |
Bull elephant in the evening at Klein Namutoni |
The passing elephant does not disturb the resting wildebeest |
Big etosha bull elephant |
Bull elephant in the evening at Klein Namutoni |
By chance I find the main herd just at sunset arriving at Koinachas waterhole |
Elephants at sunset, Koinachas, Etosha National Park |
Sunset, Day 4 |
Elephant silhouetted with the setting sun, Etosha |
Elephant herd, probably the same that was at Klein Namutoni, drinking at Koinachas |
On morning of my 5th and last day at Etosha, I returned to Klein Namutoni |
Spotted hyena at Klein Namutoni |
Spotted hyena at Klein Namutoni |
Spotted hyena at Klein Namutoni |
I nearly ran this over |
Cape Cobra |
Cape Cobra |
Cape Cobra |
Cape Cobra coiled |
The snake gives up and slithers away |
Helio Hills by Halali |
A herd of elephant at the Halali waterhole |
Elephants at the Halali waterhole |
Elephant sniffing the air, Halili |
Elephant at Halali waterhole |
Herd of elephant at Halali waterhole |
Elephants at Halali |
Baby elephant at the center of attention |
Baby goes boom! |
Elephant with raised trunk, Halali |
Elephant at Halali waterhole |
Young male elephant peeing in the waterhole |
Halali |
Elephants at Halali waterhole |
A second herd of elephant arrives at the Halali waterhole |
Elephant in the waterhole |
Halali |
Second baby elephant goes boom |
Baby elephant eating elephant poo |
Climbing out of the waterhole at Halali |
Spectators at the Halali waterhole |
Pale Chanting Goshawk |
The first lion of this year's trip hardly looking ferocious |
One last check by Salvadora finds only a pair of Pied Crows |
Finally, a pair of big male lions just south of the main park road on the side road to Gemsbokvlakte |
Bachelor male lion, Etosha |
Bachelor number 2, Etosha |
For aerial view of Etosha see this gallery |
Eastern Gate to Etosha from Tsumeb |
Tiny antelope - Damara dik-dik, endemic only to northwest Namibia |
Damara dik-dik near Namutoni |
Damara dik-dik, Etosha |
Damara dik-dik, Etosha |
Another tiny antelope species, the Steenbok, Etosha |
Springbok, very common in Etosha |
Springbok |
Springbok springing (pronking) |
Springbok calf, Etosha |
Springbok, Etosha |
Twee Palms waterhole, Etosha |
Namutoni rest camp is built around the old German fort, 1899 |
Imperial German coat of arms over the gate to the fort at Namutoni |
Warthog, Namutoni |
Warthogs, Namutoni |
They disappear promptly at sunset |
Wildlife abounds in camp, Banded Mongoose raiding trashbin, Namutoni |
Lizard with big bug by doorstep, Namutoni |
Snake, restcamp at Namutoni. The concensus is that it's a Puff Adder (poisonous) |
Giraffe at waterhole |
Giraffe at waterhole |
Giraffe on the treeless plain, Etosha |
Giraffe walking on the road, sunset, Namutoni |
Giraffe near Namutoni |
Giraffe |
Distant giraffe herd |
Giraffe bending down to eat grass |
One of ony 2 elephant sightings here |
Elephant blowing dust |
Elephant, Etosha - north of Namutoni |
The other elephant sighting, a pretty beat up old elephant missing a tush |
Greater Kudu near Namutoni |
Greater Kudu, Etosha |
Greater Kudu, Etosha |
Female Kudu, Etosha |
Black faced impala, also endemic to Etosha |
Bush potty at picnic area, Etosha |
She came out really fast! Inside bush potty, Etosha |
Impala, Etosha |
Mom's Impala, Etosha |
Blue wildebeest, Etosha |
Warthogs, north of Namutoni |
Warthogs and Gemsbok at a waterhole north of Namutoni |
Fine gemsbok specimin running, Andoni plain, Etosha |
Gemsbok herd at very productive waterhole at Andoni, Etosha |
Springbok, Andoni |
Warthog, Andoni |
Wildebeest sparring, Andoni waterhole, Etosha |
Wildebeest face off, Andoni waterhole, Etosha |
Wildebeest after mudbath, Andoni |
One of 3 adolescent males near Springbokfontein. I ignored the calls to close the window! |
Stay in your car! Lions are very numerous at Etosha. |
Lion breaks cover, Salvadora |
Lion drinking at waterhole |
Lioness drinking, Salvadora |
Lone lioness near Salvadora |
Lone lioness near Salvadora |
Lioness at a zebra kill, Wolfsnes, Etosha |
Not much left over from this zebra |
The Lion King, Wolfsnes, near Okaukuejo |
The Lion King |
The Lion King |
Lions relaxing after a kill, Wolfsnes |
Cat nap |
Resting after a big meal |
Lion pride after sucessful hunt |
Bloody faced lions, Wolfsnes, Etosha. They do smell quite bad! |
Bloody faced lions, Wolfsnes, Etosha |
Content lion pride at Wolfsnes, Etosha |
Something just got our attention. They can't be hungry already. They haven't even washed their faces yet! |
Cheetah take over Gemsbokvlakte waterhole near Okaukuejo |
With all the lions around, the Cheetah stick together |
This is the largest number of cheetah I've seen in one place, Etosha |
Cheetah at attention, Gemsbokvlakte, Etosha |
The hyena tended to keep themselves hidden |
Black-backed Jackal, near Okaukuejo, Etosha |
Black-backed Jackal, Etosha |
Small predator, jackal catches a mouse at Etosha |
Black-backed Jackal, Etosha |
Black-baced Jackal, Etosha |
Got an itch... |
Observation tower, Okaukuejo rest camp, Etosha |
Rondavels, Okaukuejo, Etosha |
Black rhino, Olifantsbad, near Okaukuejo, a lucky daytime sighting |
Black rhino. They come to the floodlit waterhole at Okaukuejo every night |
Zebra, Okaukuejo |
Large zebra herd takes over Okaukuejo |
Lone zebra after a storm |
Zebra calf suckling |
Zebra, Etosha |
Zebra, east of Okaukuejo |
Zebra making a fuss, Etosha |
Zebra, Etosha |
Zebra, Etosha |
Jackals getting friendly while zebra watch, Etosha |
Zebra at the waterhole, sunset |
Zebra, Etosha |
The road from Okondeka to Okaukuejo, Etosha. Zebra herd using the shade. |
Lone gemsbok getting what little shade is available, Etosha |
Gemsbok at the edge of the Etosha pan |
The dry Etosha pan |
Storm clouds brewing, Etosha |
Double Rainbow, Etosha |
Double Rainbow, Etosha |
Double Rainbow, Etosha |
Springbok and rainbow |
Springbok at the end of the rainbow, Etosha |
Tawny eagle, near Andoni |
Tawny eagle takes flight, Etosha |
Pale Chanting Goshawk, Etosha |
Social Weaver bird nest, Leeubron |
Pretty lilac breasted rollers are common |
Grey Louries (Go-away Birds) |
African Scops Owl, Halali rest camp, Etosha |
Blue cranes, Etosha |
Blue Crane, Etosha |
Yellow-billed Hornbill, Etosha |
Hornbill, Etosha |
Flock of helmeted guinea fowl, Etosha |
Ostrich, Etosha |
Cape Ground Squirrel and Springbok, Etosha |
Cape Ground Squirrel, Etosha |
Cape Ground Squirrel, Etosha |
Moringa trees, Haunted Forest, Etosha |
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