Amazing.
Etosha National Park covers 22,700 km and is home to 114 mammal species, 340 bird species, and 16 reptile and amphibian species.
Etosha means "great white place of dry water." 600 million years ago, the Etosha Salt Pan was created by the compression and depression of a large glacier. Today, it is home to many beautiful animals.
Our group spent three days at Etosha. We saw oryx, kudu, wildebeest, eland, ostrich, cheetah, giraffe, warthog, jackals, zebra, elephant, red herdebeest, rhinoceros...the list goes on and on. We feared we would not see a lion. However, the last day of our stay, as the sun was setting, we finally sighted a lion pacing near the carcass of a baby elephant.
My favorite part of our stay in Etosha was visiting the watering hole at night. Our lodge was a short distance from this watering hole, and so one of the evenings I curled up in a sleeping bag and watched the beautiful and amazing giraffes, elephants, rhinos, and springbok as they came to quench their thirst.
