Etosha National Park
One of the highlights of our travels was spending 6 days in the Etosha National Park in Namibia. It is a wildlife photographer’s dream location and I was amazed by what we saw in such a short time. The landscape was so different from the National Parks I have visited in South Africa and I hope I have captured this very unique area in some of my photos.
Etosha Game park was declared a National Park in 1907 and is home to approximately, 114 mammal species, 340 bird species, 110 reptile species and 16 amphibian species. Etosha is said to mean "Great White Place" because it is dominated by a massive mineral pan. The pan is part of the Kalahari Basin, the floor of which was formed around 1000 million years ago.
The Etosha Pan covers around 25% of the National Park and was originally a lake fed by the Kunene River. The course of the river changed thousands of years ago and the lake dried up. The pan now is a large dusty depression of salt and dusty clay which fills only for a short time if the rains are heavy.
Etosha Game park was declared a National Park in 1907 and is home to approximately, 114 mammal species, 340 bird species, 110 reptile species and 16 amphibian species. Etosha is said to mean "Great White Place" because it is dominated by a massive mineral pan. The pan is part of the Kalahari Basin, the floor of which was formed around 1000 million years ago.
The Etosha Pan covers around 25% of the National Park and was originally a lake fed by the Kunene River. The course of the river changed thousands of years ago and the lake dried up. The pan now is a large dusty depression of salt and dusty clay which fills only for a short time if the rains are heavy.