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Etosha National Park (5 Days)
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Day 1
Collect your rental car in Windhoek, and head north. We recommend you make a stop at Otjiwarongo, before continuing towards Etosha National Park. Arrive at your lodge, located close to one of the entrance gates to Etosha. Check in, you will spend the next 4 nights at this lodge.
Dinner and overnight: Etosha Safari Camp (or similar), Etosha area . (D)
Day 2, 3 & 4:
Three full days to explore Etosha on your own. Etosha, meaning 'place of dry water', is centred around a huge, flat calcrete depression (or pan) of about 5,000 square kms in extent in far north Namibia. The 'Pan' provides a great, parched, silver-white backdrop of shimmering mirages to an area of semi-arid savannah grassland and thorn scrub. The pan itself contains water only after very good rains, and sometimes for only a few days each year, but is enough to stimulate the growth of a blue-green algae which lures thousands of flamingos.
Etosha National Park is one of Africa's major wildlife sanctuaries, covering an area of more than 22 750sq kms. During the drier months of June to November the water points exert a magnetic pull on the big game herds, and forms the centrepiece for visitors looking to see the nearly 150 mammal species to found in the Park, including several rare and endangered species such as the black rhino, black-faced impala, tssesebe and gemsbok.
We recommend you stop at some of the waterholes as this is often the best place to spot wildlife - as they come down to drink. Return to your lodge.
Dinner and overnight: Etosha Safari Camp (or similar). (B,D)
Day 5 :
Head back to Windhoek and hand back your rental car. (B)
Namibia Travel Guide
Namibia is the soul of Africa, characterised by vast open spaces, breathtaking scenery and great contrasts - ocean, dunes, mountains and deserts. Namibia is so large and sparsely populated that it is possible to discover enormous open spaces without roads, towns, trees or even stones, just the lonely desert wind passing through one of the most enchanting corners of the earth.
Namibia is the soul of Africa, characterised by vast open spaces, breathtaking scenery and great contrasts - ocean, dunes, mountains and deserts. This vast desert country of rolling dunes and swirling mists stirs the spirit and moves the heart.
Namibia is so large and sparsely populated that it is possible to discover enormous open spaces without roads, towns, trees or even stones, just the lonely desert wind passing through one of the most enchanting corners of the earth.
Africa's largest game park, the Namib-Naukluft Park, is a must see when on safari in Namibia, with its magnificent sea of rolling red dunes at Sossusvlei. Etosha National Park is one of Africa's great parks in both size and diversity of wildlife. In the country's far northwestern pocket is the captivating and largely unexplored Caprivi Strip.
Highlights
- The Caprivi Strip is a magical oasis of waterways and wildlife
- Etosha is one of Africa's famous game parks
- The Namib Desert is a place of deep spirituality
Why Travel to Namibia?
- The Namib-Naukluft Park is the largest conservation area in Namibia and one of the largest in the world Largely malaria-free
- Over 300 sunny days a year on average
- Stargazing in a uniquely clear sky
- Quadbiking in the desert
- The Namib Desert, the oldest desert in the world
- Big Five animals, including rare species like black-faced impala
- Over 3 000-year-old rock art at Twyfelfontein
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