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The famous Etosha National Park is one of the first places on any itinerary designed for a holiday in Namibia. The park covers an area of 22 270 square km and is home to a huge number of animal species. Sightings of lions, elephants, giraffes and many buck species are nearly guaranteed on a safari to Etosha, although it’s sometimes difficult to get close to them as you are forced to stay on the roads.
 

Etosha, meaning "Great White Place", is dominated by a massive mineral pan. The Etosha Pan covers around 25% of the National Park. The pan was originally a lake fed by the Kunene River. However 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 if the rains are heavy (like in 2008, when I visited) and even then only holds water for a short time.
 

There is a network of roads linking the three tourist campsites and subsidiary roads lead to various waterholes, which are usually the best places for game sightings. Etosha left different marks to me. It has superb wildlife, no doubt! I saw hundreds of elephants at Goas waterhole or witnessed a pride of lions hunting for springboks, zebras and oryx. Amazing! Its great infra structure makes it very easy to visit indepently. But to me many of the East African parks have a much wilder atmosphere. Some parts of Etosha really feel packed with people. The camps are completely fenced and it can cause different feelings when your neighbour’s mobile is ringing while you are observing a rhino at Okaukuejo’s or Halali’s waterhole.