ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK was proclaimed as Namibia’s first conservation area in 1907 by the then German Government. Consisting of saline desert, Savannah and woodlands the National Park is one of the largest Game Reserves in Africa. Its definitive feature is the Etosha Pan, a vast, shallow depression of approximately 5000 sq km, which for most part of the year is a bleak expanse of white cracked mud, which shimmers with mirages. Of the 114 mammal species found in the Park, several are rare and endangered whilst others are endemic to northwestern Namibia and southwestern Angola.

Etosha’s current population of over 300 black rhino represents one of the few growing populations; white rhino have recently been reintroduced. About 340 bird species occur in the Park of which a third are migratory. For the greater part of the year during the dry season, the birds and animals are dependent on the springs and waterhole's and in turn provide excellent game viewing and photographic opportunities.
The National Park is some 22 270 sq km.