"Etosha 1999" a Etosha National Park Travel Page by Waxbag

Etosha is one of the largest game parks in Africa covering an area of 22,270 sq km. The central landmark here is the Etosha Pan. Covering nearly 5000 sq km, the pan is vast salt plain, remnant of a large inland lake. The pan is mostly dry but occasionally floods bringing thousands of flamingos and white pelicans. The surrounding limestone formations create a reservoir that supply the pan and various water holes with water to support the huge numbers of plant life and wildlife. Most of the vegetation grows around the surrounding pan in the limestone ground. Sweet grass and umbrella-thorn acacias provide the greatest source for browsers and grazers. The park boasts 114 species of mammal including black-faced impala, black rhino, mountain zebra, and brown hyena.

Personal Mammal Sightings:

burchell’s zebra
black rhino
gemsbok
elephant
blue wildebeest
giraffe
springbok
damara dikdikkudu
lion
red hartebeest
eland
blackfaced impala
warthog
sidestriped jackal
steenbok

Personal Bird Sightings:

redbilled hornbill
marabou stork
yellowbilled hornbill
grey lourie
pied crow
helmeted guinefowl
black crow
kari bustard
pale chanting goshawk
glossy starling
white-headed vulture
black korhaan
spotted eagle owl
ostrich