Etosha National Park Safari

Etosha National Park is spread across a flat, semi-arid plain in northern Namibia, roughly 310 miles north of the capital, Windhoek. Its vast salt pan is all that remains of the ancient Lake Kunene, which dried up thousands of years ago, lending the park its name ‘great white place of dry water’ in the Ovambo language. Anderson Gate, the park’s southern entrance, honors the explorer Charles John Andersson, who documented the region in the 1850s. Over 100 mammal species roam the region, including rare black rhinos, elephants, zebras, wildebeest and cheetahs. Over 300 avian species, such as bee-eaters, falcons, vultures and herons, draw birding enthusiasts. Between Okaukuejo and the Charl Marais Dam, a stretch of open plain gives way to an otherworldly grove of African moringa trees, known locally as Sprokieswoud, the Enchanted Forest.