Etosha National Park, Namibia:
lioness in Etosha National Park
Following our short visit to the beautiful Waterberg National Park, we continued wildlife watching in the fantastic Etosha National Park.
Covering an impressive 22,270 km², the Etosha National Park is Namibia’s most important nature reserve. Since its establishment in 1907, the park protects the magnificent flora and fauna of northern Namibia – including such characteristic species as the African Elephant, Black and White Rhinoceros, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Black-backed Jackal, Spotted Hyena, Burchell’s Zebra, Springbok, Black-faced Impala, Gemsbok, Red Hartebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Damara Dik-dik, Greater Kudu, and Common Eland. Luckily, we were able to see most of these mammals as well as a good number of birds. Highlights included lions at a zebra kill, mating lions, drinking giraffes, and large numbers of elephants and rhinos coming to the illuminated waterholes at the rest camps at night. I wish I had a better camera and lens back then – but I think the gallery will still give you a good idea of the abundance of wildlife…
beautiful butterfly
Burchell’s Zebra crossing the road
Zebra, Gemsbok, and a Giraffe
European Bee-eater
Springbok
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Gemsbok at a waterhole
Gemsbok at a waterhole
Black-backed Jackal
wildlife in Etosha National Park
Rock Monitor
Rock Monitor
Blacksmith Lapwing
Laughing Dove
Cape Ground Squirrel
male Shaft-tailed Whydah
Burchell’s Zebras
Burchell’s Zebras, Springbok, and an Elephant
Springbok in the water
Whitebrowed Sparrow-Weaver
Crimsonbreasted Shrike
Crimsonbreasted Shrike
Glossy Starling
Forktailed Drongo
African Hoopoe
young Burchell’s Zebra
Kori Bustard
Kori Bustard
Giraffes in the vast Etosha National Park
Giraffe
Cape Ground Squirrel
Burchell’s Zebras
Burchell’s Zebras
Burchell’s Zebras
male Northern Black Korhaan
Moringa Trees in the ‘Ghost Tree Forest’
Moringa Trees in the ‘Ghost Tree Forest’
Moringa Trees in the ‘Ghost Tree Forest’
nesting colony of Sociable Weavers
landscape at the Etosha Pan
Elephant at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Giraffe at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Elephants at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black Rhinos at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Burchell’s Zebras
Burchell’s Zebra
Spotted Hyena
Spotted Hyena
Spotted Hyena
male Northern Black Korhaan
Marabou Stork
Helmeted Guineafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl
Steenbok
Steenbok
Forktailed Drongo
Black-faced Impala
Black-faced Impala
Black-faced Impala
Lion
yet unidentified eagle
Burchell’s Zebras
Burchell’s Zebras
Burchell’s Zebras
Doublebanded Courser
female Northern Black Korhaan
Gemsbok
male Shaft-tailed Whydah
Sociable Weaver
Lions
Crowned Plover
colonial spiders
colonial spiders
female Northern Black Korhaan
mating Lions
Black Rhino at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black Rhinos at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black Rhinos at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black Rhinos at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black Rhino at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black Rhinos at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Elephants at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Elephants at Okaukuejo Waterhole
Black-backed Jackal
Lions at fresh zebra kill
Lion and Black-backed Jackal
Lion
Lion and Black-backed Jackal
Lion and Black-backed Jackals
Lion and Black-backed Jackals
Lion
Lion
Gemsbok
Abdim’s Stork
male Northern Black Korhaan
male Northern Black Korhaan
Etosha Pan
Etosha Pan
wildlife at the Etosha Pan
Burchell’s Zebra
Burchell’s Zebras
Pied Crow
Red Hartebeest
Red Hartebeest
European Bee-eaters
Etosha Pan
African Elephant
African Elephant
African Elephant
African Elephant
Red Hartebeest
Glossy Starling
sunset in the Etosha National Park
Spotted Hyena
Spotted Hyena
Spotted Hyenas
Spotted Hyena and Black-backed Jackal
Lilacbreasted Roller
Blue Cranes
female African Grey Hornbill
Helmeted Guineafowl
Bateleur
Bateleur
female and male Shaft-tailed Whydahs
Gemsbok
Whitebacked Vulture
Whitebacked Vulture
Rock Monitor
Lappetfaced Vulture amidst Whitebacked Vultures
Marabou Storks with Striped Hyena
vultures and Gemsbok
Giraffes
Giraffes
drinking Giraffes
young Greater Kudus
fighting Burchell’s Zebras
Grey Lourie
Grey Lourie
male Greater Kudu
Blackwinged Stilt
Damara Dik-dik
Warthogs
Warthogs
young Warthogs
Warthog
young Warthog
young Warthog
Secretarybird
Blue Wildebeests
Blue Wildebeest
Blue Wildebeest
young Blue Wildebeests
Blue Cranes
Blue Cranes
Steenbok
Elephants at Halali Waterhole
Leopard at Halali Waterhole
Lilacbreasted Roller
male African Grey Hornbill
Common Eland
Common Eland
Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill
Red Hartebeest
European Bee-eater
female Greater Kudu
Red Hartebeests
Red Hartebeests
Burchell’s Zebra
Banded Mongoose
Leopard Tortoise
Etosha National Park
Pied Avocets
Greater Flamingoes
Greater Flamingo
a large milliped
a large milliped
Leopard Tortoise
Lilacbreasted Roller
Redbilled Francolin
termite hill
Redbilled Hornbill
Blackwinged Stilt
Greater Flamingo
Redbilled Teals
Greater Flamingoes
Greater Flamingoes
Grey Lourie
Black-backed Jackal
Fort Namutoni
at Fort Namutoni
Gemsbok
Burchell’s Zebras
Spotted Hyena
Springbok
Greater Flamingo
Helmeted Guineafowl
Damara Dik-dik
Damara Dik-diks
Damara Dik-dik
Damara Dik-diks
Damara Dik-dik
fence around the Etosha National Park
After six fantastic days in the Etosha National Park, we left the wildlife paradise and drove back towards Windhoek with a short stop at the Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein.
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What a wonderful place, Matthias!!! Thank you for sharing!
thank you! Glad you liked it!!! 🙂
Oh boy do I need to go here one day. This looks like a dream. So many exotic animals😄 Stunning photos you shared with us!
thank you! I hope you can make it some day!! I wish I could go back, too! 😉
I bet you do🙂
Fantastic array of African wildlife in Etosha NP, Matthias. Great spotted hyena photos, love seeing the red hartebeest up close, fighting zebra, lions, giraffe, elephant, so many species in one park! Rhinos! Great to see the male kudu and gemsboks. Enjoyed the birds too. Have never seen the crimson-breasted shrike; great seeing the hoopoe dust bathing. Delightful post, thank you.
thank you so much for checking it out!! 🙂
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I see you enjoyed my last blog on Etosha and it’s nice to see your photos. Looking at your photos, I realise that rhinos are probably regulars at the waterholes. When you only watch for a couple of nights, you have no sense of what happens on other nights. Long may this wonderful animal continue to pose and hopefully stay protected. Cheers.
Hello Karen! Thank you for your comment!! During my days in Etosha, we saw rhinos indeed almost every night at the water holes!! It was a wonderful experience… hope to be able to go back there some day soon!!