Etosha National Park
Travel Blogs from Etosha National Park, Namibia
Wild Encounters
... Weather : Sunny Having secured ourselves some "overflow"camping at Etosha's Okaukuejo Campsite we spent 4 fabulous nights in the Etosha National Park. We didn’t want to get our hopes up about Etosha….everyone raves about Kruger, we hadn't ...
Close encounters with a mongoose
... of goggle I can't find any bushhawks. Watering holes, as I mentioned earlier one of the great things about this park. We spent a great 45 minutes by one today just watching all the comings and goings of the zebra, giraffe, wildebeest ...
Dawn on Safari
... to find these out in the middle of the desert, but I am grateful after drinking 3 litres of H20. We stop at Okahandja, Namibia's largest wood carving market. Having honed my bartering skills in China and Nepal, I'm ready to make a deal. I end up buying a ...
On Safari... Again
Yesterday I called another homeopath on my way to Etosha just to double check that my meds weren't conflicting. Apparently, Namibia has an amazing homeopathic network. The doctor was very helpful and gave me a few tips on keeping malaria away. I asked her ...
The 'Big Five'
... most dangerous to hunt. While we are looking to shoot the Big 5, it will only be with our cameras. Etosha National Park in northern Namibia did not disappoint us. While there were plenty of springbok, we also saw some more traditional African ...
Animals Under the Lights
He Said: We headed north out of Swakopmund to go to Etosha National Park. Looking at the map of our route you might wonder why we didn't go to Etosha when we were in this region visiting the cheetah reserve a few weeks ago. Since we are doing two legs on ...
Don't mention ze war!
... glad to be behind the fence. The next morning it was off down the Trans-Kalahari Highway to Namibia's tourist jewel: Etosha National Park. 'Etosha' means 'Great White Place' not because of all the wobbly western tourists belly-flopping in the swimming ...
More wildlife than you can shake a stick at
Finally we get to our next national park - it seems like forever since we went to the Kgalagadi park, so much so that even the blase attitude about springboks has passed now... We spent 3 nights at Etosha, 2 in the Okuakuejo camp, and one at Fort ...
Etosha 2
... back, the springboks complain 'Who decided on us going just after the lions?! This is not fair'...ahaha Corinne 3 nov. Etosha 2 "Il y a trop de travailleurs faisant trop rien" est ce que Peggy aurait ajouté sur une carte de commentaires pour touristes ...
Etosha national park
Version traduite plus bas Nov 2, Etosha national park We stayed at the western campsite (Okaukuejo) Back in Nairobi, when we met Perry and Beth at a campsite a few months ago, I felt rather "small" each time Perry would mention “Etosha, Caprivi, ...
Lion vs Gemsbok?
... a reason and that the gemsbok would never try to fight back, he moved on to considering lion vs. giraffe.... Since arriving in Etosha national park, our first stop after one night in the capital city Windhoek and a 5 hour drive north, we have seen many ...
A Whiter Shade of Pale
... the way. We stop for a picnic lunch, now a favorite communal gathering, at Outjo, just 90 km. (56 mi.) south of Etosha National Park. Following lunch, we stop and talk to some women of the Himba tribe and buy some handicrafts from them. The ...
Self Drive Safari
Etosha National Park is a "pan" (ephemeral lake/riverbed that fills up with water seasonally when the wet season brings enough water). At this moment the pan is dry but the park is littered with permanent waterholes where animals can come and drink. Dave ...
Etoshas Got GAME
Monday7th September. Today we drove eastwards where we headed for the Etosha national park where we stayed for 3 nights.. The difference here was we stayed at the government campsites and were able to travel through the park on the truck for game drives. ...
Where the Lions Roar - Etosha
... noises even though our fellow truckers often claimed to hear hippos, leopards, lions and all other kinds of beasts. March 6th - Etosha National Park Today we had a full day safari in Etosha National Park. The park is set around a huge salt pan covering ...
Etosha National Park
We spent another day at Etosha National Park and went on several game drives. We saw some more animals in their habitat. We saw giraffe, elephants, zebras. The highlight of the day was watching a baby lion and its pride yards away. It was quite an ...
Etosha National Park
On the truck and out at 6:00 for a long drive to Etosha National Park. Trouble getting to sleep on the truck and then a great quote from Kenny when we got to Rundu for a stop. It is right near the border with Angola and naturally there are a lot of ...
Still looking!
Etosha National Park! We spent the day doing game drives in the morning and afternoon. Another successful day again – tons of elephants, giraffes, zebra, wildebeest, impala, rhinos (another black rhino too!) We even parked the truck for a ...
Going WILD in Etosha
Namibia's Etosha National Park is ALIVE... alive and teeming with literally thousands upon thousands of animals... animals of every shape and size and species, some of which would surely fancy eating Kirilee or I given half an opportunity. There aren't ...
Oct 15, 2011
Circle of Life
Etosha is simply world-class. It is and will be one of the top spots on our entire journey. Etosha National Park sits in northern Namibia on the border of Angola and Botswana. Normally this is an extremely arid place the land a white cracked earth ...
ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tyfelfontein, Namibia to Etosha National Park, Namibia The day we have been waiting for – Etosha National Park, our first game drive. We've seen tons of springbok and ostriches, but today was the day we actually went looking for the big guys!! ...
Animal shots
Etosha
... dawn we didn't see any cats, but we did see lots of springbok, impala, a few kudu and oryx, some griaffe and even a hyena. Etosha is an amazing area made up of huge salt-pans, the largest being Etosha Pan. The pans are the most enormous expanses of ...
Oct 14, 2011
The Book of Elop, Chapter 24, Verses 7-29
... surfing, we found one company that had a lodge near the famous Namibian sand dunes, as well as one just outside of Etosha National Park (which were the two main areas we wanted to visit). They had (Namibia’s only?) “children under ...
The race to Etosha and Love is in the air!
As soon as I filled up with petrol, it was time to drive quickly to Etosha where I had a reservation for the night and I had to get into the park before sunset when they close the gates. On my drive up I passed an entry gate into the park, not the main ...
Kills Comes in 3s
... cheetah kill. The next morning we packed up our tents and the truck and headed out for one last game drive before leaving Etosha National Park, hoping our luck from the previous day would carry over. As we were driving along the road, we saw a few trucks ...

