NAMIBIA - Etosha Nat. Park
Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia and spans an area of 22,270 square kilometres (8,600 sq miles) and gets its name from the large Etosha pan which is almost entirely within the park. The Etosha pan (4,760 square kilometres (1,840 sq miles)) covers 23% of the area of the total area of the Etosha National Park. The park is home to hundreds of species of mammals, reptiles and birds, including several threatened and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros and the white rhinoceros.
BEST TIME to VISIT NAMIBIA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to ETOSHA
From May to September
White Rhinoceros - yes it is grey/black depending of the light and also if they take a dust bath, so in that case they might appeared with a very light color. And the black rhino is also grey/black. The white rhino is bigger and the main difference is the mouth : large "sqaured" fo be more efficient whle grazing. The black rhino isn't a browser, feeding on bushes, and ir=ts mouth is adapted for the purpose.
White Rhinoceros is a grazer and the mouth is adapted for it. And thiis photo was shot with a good light in late afternoon and ths rhino probably get a dust bath before.
White Rhinoceros
Oryx
Male lion
Oryx
baby lion
young male lion in a bush
lioness lying
male kudu
young springbok
Giraffe
Sprinboks resting
Giraffe
lioness drinking
Lioness and cub
hyena
Following a guide to approach the rhinos is an impressive experience
Lioness with a young cub
Giraffe
White Rhinoceroses
Secretarybird
Ostrich
The rock hyrax (or rock dassie) are the closest living relatives to hyraxes are the modern-day elephants and sirenians. Quite surprsing!
Lioness
Oryx
Eagle Owl nesting
Zebras
Secretarybird
black-backed jackal
Zebras and Springboks are watching a lion
White Rhinoceroses : mother and calf
female kudu is crossing the road
Zebras are watching a lion
baby lion
lioness
young male lion
lioness and cub
ground squirrels
ground squirrels
Wildebeests
Wildebeests
Zebras and kudus at the waterhole
Giraffe and kudu at the waterhole
White Rhinoceroses - mother and calf
White Rhinoceroses - mother and calf
White Rhinoceroses
White Rhinoceroses - mother and calf
White Rhinoceroses
White Rhinoceroses - mother and calf
Lioness and cub
Lioness and cub
Lionesses on the hunt
young lion cub
oryxses
waterhole with giraffes, kudus, springboks and more..
waterhole with oryxses
Namaqua sandgrouses
ostriches
Male elephant and springboks
giraffe
the famous Etosha pan
Waterhole is always busy during the dry season
wildebeests
Impressive male elephant looking in our car
Giraffe drinking
white Rhinoceroses : mother and calf. Their light color is obtained after a dust bath, but they are grey/black.
young white Rhinoceros
male kudu
lioness
ostriches
red hartebeests
lioness looking the menu but sprinboks are very fast antelopes
a courageous lion cub on a parking
White rhinoceroses : mother and calf
White rhinoceroses : mother and calf
Zebras : mother and baby
Lioness and Cub
Lioness drinking
Lioness
Rock hyrax (or rock dassie) is a close relative of elephants
male kudus at the waterhole
White rhinoceroses
White rhinoceros - the mouth is efficient for grazing
Male elephants
Elephant (male)
Guineafowls
White rhinoceros
White rhinoceroses are protected as they are poached for their horn
Zebras : mother and calf, seen from this side by predators, hide the baby
Zebras : mother and calf, seen from this side by predators, hide the baby
Steenbok
Impalas
Male elephant
Eland is the biggest antelope
Waterbucks
Steenbok
young leopard
birds
Ruppell's parrot
starling bird
zebras a
small birds drinking at the pool
waterbuck
Elephant
springbok
oryx
ostrich
spotted thick-knee
springbok
springboks
korhaan
young mountain zebra
oryx
black korhaan
baby lion
hawk
scarlet-chested sunbird
secretarybird
male elephant
bird
Kori bustard
jackal
rhino
yellow hornbill
crowned lapwing
starling bird
giraffe
Spotted eagle-owl nesting
hyena
large elephant
goshawk
oryx
young kudu
bird
baby lion
scrub hare
Kori bustard
female kudu
scarlet-chested sunbird
small parrot
rhino
following a guide to approach the rhinos quite close - Impressive experience!
rhinoceros
Fight between 2 male giraffes - the darker giraffe is older, so more skilled
Male giraffes use their necks as fighting weapons
Male giraffes use their necks to fight in order to mate with the females
Male giraffes use their bodies to push the other one
Male giraffes use their necks as fighting weapons
Male giraffes use their necks as fighting weapons
Male giraffes use their necks as fighting weapons
Male giraffes use their necks as fighting weapons
and the older male won at the end at sunset