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	Etosha National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Etosha National Park in Namibia was first established in 1907, when Namibia was a German colony known as South West Africa.
		Due to political changes since its original establishment, the park is somewhat less than a quarter of its original size, but still remains a very large and significant area in which wildlife is protected.
		Using satellite, aircraft, and ground-based data from sites such as Etosha, partners in this program collected a wide variety of data on aerosol, land cover, and other characteristics of the land and atmosphere to study and understand the interactions between people and the natural environment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Etosha_National_Park (313 words)

	» Etosha National Park :: Africa Travel Guide :: Travel to Africa
		Etosha National Park Etosha is one of Africa's greatest parks in both size and variety of wildlife species.
		The park HQ is 75km from Kibish settlement.
		The park, which is open throughout the year, is accessible from two gates -one in the east and one in the west.
	africa.traveltoworld.com /africa-travel-guide/7/etosha-national-park (897 words)

	Etosha National Park
		In the center of the Etosha national park exist a vast salt pan, surrounded of grass and thorn savannas, Mopane-bush land in the west as well as dry wood in the north-east.
		Especially in the southern section of the park, there are numerous waterholes which are the basis for the wildlife in the Etosha national park.
		The Etosha national park comprise a surface of approx.
	www.namibia2003.de /html/etosha_e.html (168 words)

	Destinations - Etosha National Park
		The Etosha National Park is one of the major sanctuaries for wildlife in Africa and was proclaimed a game reserve by German Governor von Lindequist in 1907.
		Mokuti Lodge, which is situated 500 metres from the von Lindequist gate to the Etosha National Park, offers accommodation varying from luxury and family chalets to tourist units.
		Expert game management and the protection of the unspoilt environment, makes the Etosha National Park one of the greatest and most important game parks on the sub-continent.
	community.namibian.com.na /webx?50@@.101ad958 (550 words)

	The Etosha National Park - Namibias biggest game park
		A visit to the Etosha National Park is one of the highlights of travelling Namibia.
		Etosha, which was declared a game reserve by the German kolonial administration back in 1907, covers an area of more than 22 000 sqkms.
		The main entrance to the park is called the "Andersson Gate" at Okaukuejo in the south, where the park administration is also situated.
	www.namibia-travel.net /centralnamibia/etosha.htm (313 words)

	Safari destinations in Namibia - Etosha National Park
		Present day Etosha National Park was pared down due to political considerations in the 1960's and is now a modest but still very impressive 23175 square kilometres in extent.
		Etosha's drawback is that the only accommodations within the park are the three large rest camps that become especially crowded during regional school holidays.
		A vast area on Namibia's central plateau, a haven for 93 mammal species and 340 bird species, the park's focal point is the Etosha Pan- a flat saline desert, 130 km long by 50km at its widest in the eastern sector of the park.
	www.zambezi.com /african/namibia/etosha.html (578 words)

	Travelcreek - Travel Guide to Safari in Etosha National Park, Namibia
		Etosha National Park in Namibia is one of the greatest safari game parks in Africa and the world.
		Okaukuejo rest camp in Etosha is the western most camp in the National Park.
		Halali rest camp is located centrally in Etosha Park.
	www.travelcreek.com /parks/etoshasafari.htm (630 words)

	Namibia Etosha National Park
		Etosha National Park is the third largest in the world, covers more than 20,000 km2 and is home to 340 bird species and 114 mammals.
		In the western part of the park is the strange 'haunted forest' of Moringa ovalifolia trees; looking as though they have been planted upside down with their roots reaching up into the clear skies, they offer a mysterious ambience to the area.
		The main area of the Park is covered by a vast salt pan which originated 12 million years ago as a shallow lake fed by the Kunene River.
	www.infotour-africa.com /namibia_highlights_eto.htm (205 words)

	Mousebird Backpackers and Safaris - Etosha National Park
		Etosha National Park will be one of the highlights of your trip through Namibia.
		Mousebird Backpackers and Safaris - Etosha National Park
		Etosha means “the place of dry water” but it is much more than this.
	www.mousebird.com /etosha.html (183 words)

	Etosha National Park, Namibia - Travel Information and Accommodation
		The Etosha National Park is open all year and daily from sunrise to sunset.
		Booking of accommodation in the Etosha National Park is absolutely essential and is done directly:
		The Etosha National Park consists of three restcamps.
	www.namibia-travel.net /centralnamibia/etosha_info.htm (302 words)

	Afro Ventures Safari Accommodation - OKAUKUEJO - Etosha National Park and Surrounds - Namibia
		Etosha National Park is one of the major sanctuaries for a variety of animal species in Africa.
		Situated on the western side of Etosha National Park, Okaukuejo is one of three Rest Camps and is characterised by its thatched rondavels.
		Afro Ventures Safari Accommodation - OKAUKUEJO- Etosha National Park and Surrounds - Namibia
	www.afroventures.com /accommodation/OKJ.htm (215 words)

	Africa -- Namib Desert, Etosha National Park
		Etosha National Park, the 'place of dry water' or 'great white place', is one of the largest and greatest wildlife sanctuaries in Africa.
		Elephants at Etosha are the largest in Africa, but their tusks are underdeveloped possibly due to nutritional deficiencies, brittleness due to dehydration, or abrasion due to digging in the sand for water.
		Highlights of my week in Etosha include watching a pride of lions kill a young giraffe; spotted hyena dragging and burying a carcass in a waterhole; black-faced impala at Klein Namutoni waterhole; flamingo at Koinachas artesian spring; Damara dik-dik, Africa's smallest antelope, along the Bloubokdraai road; and ostrich and chicks at Ozonjuiti m'Bari.
	www.lonker.net /travel_africa_4.htm (543 words)

	Etosha National Park, Namibia's main tourist attraction
		For many years Namibia's main tourist draw card has been the internationally known Etosha National Park.
		Etosha has three rest camps - Okaukuejo, favoured for its floodlit waterhole where "specials" such as elephant, giraffe, black rhino and lion can be viewed at night; Namutoni, characterised by the historic fort around which it is centred; and Halali, situated halfway between Okaukuejo and Namutoni.
		Etosha owes its unique landscape to the Etosha Pan, a vast shallow depression of approximately 5 000 km2.
	www.e-tourism.com.na /etosha.html (312 words)

	Etosha National Park
		The 22,000 km² Etosha National Park in the north of Namibia offers some of the finest wildlife viewing in Africa, and is one of the undisputed highlights of any visit to the country.
		The park is centred around the Etosha Pan, a vast white salt pan covering over 20% of the Park - a total of 5,000 km² - and is an amazing 130 km long and 72 km wide.
		Unsurprisingly, Etosha means 'huge white area' or 'place of dry water' in Owambo, and this is how the Pan and the Park got its name.
	www.travelbutlers.com /namibia/etosha (549 words)

	profile.htm
		Here one finds dense bush, with wide-open plains and the distinctive Etosha Pan, a saline pan where mirages and dust devils are as common as the variety of birds and game who congregate at the waterholes on its verges during the dry winter months.
		The park is home to five rare or endangered species as well as a variety of other wildlife.
		For best possible game viewing there is a suitable option for every visitor to Etosha, as long as he or she contacts the professionals,.....
	www.etosha.com /profile.htm (647 words)

	Etosha National Park, Namibia
		The Etosha pan alone is the size of The Netherlands, and the pan is only about half of the area of Etosha National Park.
		Etosha evokes images of wildlife at waterholes, and indeed in the dry season, these are the best places to find animals.
		One of the commoner mammals in the eastern, relatively 'wetter', half of Etosha is Red Hartebeest.
	www.v-liz.com /namibia/etosha.htm (417 words)

	Etosha National Park Southern Africa
		The vegetation is sparse bush and woodland, surrounding the vast Etosha Pan at the centre of the park.
		Animal populations are substantial in the park, with close to 3 000 elephants, 300 black rhinos and 27 000 wildebeest.
		Etosha means “Place of Dry Water” or “Great White Place” and this remarkable game reserve in Namibia’s northern stretches, is one of the most famous African wildlife reserves.
	www.bushcamps.com /destinations/southern_africa/Namibia/attractions_sub-1-attractionsId-2-27 (418 words)

	Etosha National Park
		Namibia's premier wildlife national park contains the enormous Etosha Pan, savannah and woodland, inhabited by great concentrations of plains game and their predators, elephant and black rhino.
		Etosha has a high concentration of lion within its 22,270 sq km, one of the largest remaining populations of black rhino and 340 bird species.
		Okaukuejo is 18 km from the western gate to the park and the largest camp.
	www.rainbowtours.co.uk /countries/namibia/topics/destinations/etosha-national-park.shtml (404 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Etosha National Park
		Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is one of the most significant wildlife sanctuaries in Africa.
		Etosha is home to many game species, including elephants, giraffes, zebra and large numbers of antelope.
		This is the time when the park attracts most of its visitors, as the temperatures are much cooler than in the extremely hot summer months.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/1859llt.htm (216 words)

	Etosha National Park - Namibia Overland Safaris
		Etosha National Park has several waterholes, some of which are natural, and others that are fed artificially through boreholes.
		The name Etosha means 'huge white area' or 'place of dry water', and this is certainly one of the largest game parks.
		Most of the year Etosha is a vast shallow pan, which shines brightly due to the crystallized salt that shimmers across the entire surface.
	www.jenmansafaris.com /countries/namibia/etosha.htm (300 words)

	Etosha National Park - Wikitravel
		The park surrounds the Etosha salt pan, which attracts animals, particularly in the drier winter months, because it is a source of water in a very dry land.
		Visitors are not permitted to wander around the park (except in the enclosed camping/hotel areas) on foot.
		Etosha is in the malaria zone, so take appropriate precautions.
	wikitravel.org /en/Etosha_National_Park (515 words)

	Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder
		Drive the well-maintained roads of Etosha, to view the giraffes, elephants, lions, wildebeests, and vast herds of antelope for which Etosha National Park is famous.
		One of the largest game preserves on the African Continent, the 22,270 sq km of Etosha National Park encompass the 5,000 sq km Etosha Pan, a vast level expanse of dry playa that sporadically fills with stormwaters to the depth of a metre or more.
		Visit the natural history exhibits at the Information Centre at Okaukuejo, to get an overview of the biodiversity of Etosha National Park.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /getoutdoors/destination_summary/4988.html (212 words)

	Namibia: Etosha National Park
		Etosha is situated in the northern part of Namibia,± 100 km from Outjo and ± 120 km from Tsumeb.
		Etosha has 3 camps: Okaukuejo near the southern Andersson Gate, Namutoni near the eastern Von Lindequist Gate and Halali halfway the other two camps.
		The park gates and the camps are open from sunrise to sunset.
	www.focusnamibia.com /e_etosha.htm (122 words)

	Etosha National Park
		The Etosha National Park encompasses an area the size of New Jersey, with the primary feature being a pan; a lake that many of the seasonal rivers drain into.
		In 1957, the fort was declared a national monument, and it now represents the most popular of the tourist camps in Etosha.
		There are three campsites in Etosha, and we would be spending two nights in each one.
	www.bollar.org /travel/essays/africa89/afr89-05.htm (7522 words)

	Etosha National Park, Namibia
		The Etosha National Park is regarded by wildlife aficionados as one of Africa’s greatest and most intriguing wildlife sanctuaries.
		One’s first impression of the park is of a vast expanse of dazzling white pans which, in the harsh light of midday, are painful to look at without sunglasses.
		It was once the biggest natural park in the world, covering almost 100 000km², but in 1967, when Namibia was under South African rule, the apartheid authorities reduced it in size to its current 22 275km² as part of a tribal resettlement scheme.
	www.go2africa.com /namibia/etosha/etosha-national-park (349 words)

	namibia safaris - etosha national park: luangwa.net
		ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK - Safari attraction in Namibia
		Click here to view detailed maps of the North and South Luangwa National Parks
		Etosha is home to over 100 mammal species and 340 different species of birds.
	www.luangwa.net /countries/namibia/etosha.htm (102 words)

	GORP - Namibia's Etosha National Park - The Place of Dry Water
		Etosha, "the place of dry water," is one of the great, and sparsely enjoyed, wildlife experiences remaining in Africa.
		Etosha lies 500 kilometers north of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, and can be reached most easily by car.
		Covering over 8,000 square miles, the park encompasses a vast salt pan 80 miles long.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/namibia/etosha.htm (669 words)

	Etosha Conservancy - Namibia
		The Etosha Conservancy is situated in the north western part of Namibia, and shares it’s northern border with the world famous Etosha National Park.
		The Etosha Conservancy has a size of over 438 000ha (1,082,300 acres) and consists of 52 conservation conscious members.
		The Etosha Conservancy caters for a wide variety of travellers, offering accommodation establishments with a large variety of activities.
	www.etosha-namibia.com (212 words)

	NamibWeb.com - The online guide to Namibia: The Etosha National park
		The Etosha Park (from 1958) is located 435 km (Okaukuejo) or 530 km (Namutoni) north of Windhoek.
		In 1950 the Namutoni fort was declared a National Monument.
		The park was reduced in 1947 by allocating Kaokoland to Herero.
	www.namibweb.com /etosha.htm (845 words)

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