Etosha National Park

Huge park filled with typical African wildlife.

Definitely not-to-be-missed while in Namibia!

Etosha National Park offers unequal wildlife sightings and it's a definite 'must-see' for visitors to Namibia! During my journeys through the park I experienced very close, yet undisturbed encounters with animals: a female leopard with two small cubs sunbathing in the middle of the main road in the early morning sun (caution to all who exceed speed limits in the park, this ca seriously endanger wildlife), springbok giving birth next to pride of lions, over 60 elephants crossing the road right in front of my car, huge male lion sunbathing on the main road, giraffe (unfortunately) struck by a lightning during rainy season, leopard with its kill on the tree right next to the road, mating lions' 3-days session at one of the waterholes and 16 lionesses and a male hunting in the plains of the park! Just to list a few incredible encounters! I highly recommend visit and if possible not less than 3 days stay at the park for one of the best wildlife experiences. Etosha has its own special magic...

Etosha - Great First Visit

We visited Etosha at the beginning of July and for a first time Safari experience, it was a great one! We were on a self-drive tour and the park is incredible easy to navigate. You also do not need to venture far off of the main roads (or venture off them at all) in order to see some great wildlife. We stopped at about 3 water holes while cutting across the park from east to west and were never disappointed. We actually spent the longest amount of time pulled over on side side of the road watching an elephant pick a tree apart, piece by piece, for his lunch.
I understand you may see more variety and volume in some of the deltas (Botswana, etc...) but for an easy, introductory visit, I cannot recommend Etosha more.

Etosha a respectful park

What we appreciated in Etosha is first of all the respect for animals and wildlife. The park offers great opportunities to view animals while still respecting them... No off-road driving chasing after animals and upsetting their environment. We saw lions, giraffes, rhinos, zebras and many more while remaining at a respectful distance and not charging off after them as you will see in other tourist attractions parks. The camps are well thought and generally eco-friendly. It may be easier to get better sightings in other commercial parks but Etosha is not a zoo and has a real role in the support of native wildlife.

A great variety of wildlife with good roads and tracks and expert guides

We stayed at Ongava Lodge just outside the park. This lodge has a floodlit waterhole where we saw white and black rhino, and the food and rooms and staff are top notch. In the concession we saw lions and rhino very close, and then with easy access to the main Etosha park, we saw most of the main mammals and birds on a couple of drives. Our guide Henock was so friendly knowledgeable and found us such a lot. The weather was perfect with cloudless skies and it was very hot.

Wonderful park, fantastic landscape and wildlife viewing

Had a fantastic 2 and a half days in Etosha. Travelled as part of an overground tour. We saw lions, a leopard, rhinos, (black and white), elephants, giraffe, zebras etc!
It was amazing to sit by the water holes at night watching a group of elephants drinking and playing.
Beautiful scenery, salt flats were interesting to see. Not too crowded either, at times it was a bit busy around the waterholes.
My first safari did not disappoint!

So many animals, and a huge park that is very easy to navigate.

dry season is best if you want to easily catch animals around the water ponds.
Etosha is easy to drive and go around and there are a lot of animals and birds to see

One of the last great wilderness region ..... i could go back there again and again !

I had always wanted to visit Etosha ao i finally decided to do it. It was everything i expected and will keep the memories forever. Im a keen photographer and we saw plenty of wildlife on the wide open spaces. If i could, i would go back to Namibia and Etosha year after year.