Etosha National Park is Namibia’s premier wildlife destination, centred around the enormous Etosha Pan — a vast, shimmering salt flat covering 4,760 square kilometres that is visible from space. The park covers 22,270 square kilometres of savannah, mopane woodland, and grassland around this ancient lake bed.
Etosha’s famous waterholes are the key to its extraordinary game viewing. During the dry season (May–November), animals concentrate around these water sources in dramatic numbers — elephants, lions, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, and springbok all come to drink, often within a few metres of parked vehicles. Several waterholes in the rest camps are floodlit at night, providing exceptional nocturnal viewing.
The park is one of the best places in Africa to see both black and white rhinoceros. Three main rest camps — Okaukuejo, Halali, and Namutoni — provide comfortable accommodation inside the park.