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A herd of African elephants stands tightly packed at a waterhole in Etosha National Park, drinking, with open, dusty plains all around.

Etosha National Park: map

22 places with verified coordinates · 17 with photo

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A black rhino in Etosha National Park stands at the shallow edge of a waterhole, drinking, its reflection in the water.
Photo: Axel Tschentscher ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Where to stay · Camp and park headquarters in the south

Okaukuejo Camp

The camp easiest to reach from Windhoek, 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) inside Ombika Gate. The park’s Ecological Institute is also based here.

Africa’s best-known waterhole lies right by the fence of a campsite.

Location
South, at Ombika Gate
Distance to the gate
around 17 km (10.6 mi)
Waterhole
floodlit, all night
Regular at night
black rhino, lion, elephant
Accommodation
chalets, rooms, camping
On site
restaurant, bar, shop, post office, pool
Drives
morning, afternoon, night
Also
the park’s Ecological Institute

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Several elephants stand at the edge of a waterhole in Etosha National Park between low bushes, rocky terrain behind.
Photo: Stéphane Gallay ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗

Where to stay · Camp in the middle of the park

Halali Camp

At the foot of a dolomite hill among mopane trees, halfway between Okaukuejo and Namutoni. The park’s only hills are here.

The middle camp, at the foot of the only hill in the interior of the park.

Location
centre, between the large camps
Surroundings
dolomite hill, mopane trees
Waterhole
Moringa, floodlit
Known for
leopards, rhinos, elephants
Accommodation
chalets, rooms, camping
On site
restaurant, bar, kiosk, pool
Special feature
nature walks allowed inside the camp

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The whitewashed Namutoni Fort in Etosha National Park, with corner towers and battlements behind a palm tree, a well-kept lawn in front.
Photo: Olga Ernst ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Surroundings · German fort from 1897, now a camp

Fort Namutoni

The camp in the east of the park is built into an old German fort from 1897, the only building of its kind in a national park in southern Africa.

A German fort from 1897 where guests now sleep.

Location
east, at Von Lindequist Gate
Building
fort from 1897
Nearby
Fisher's Pan
Known for
birdwatching
Accommodation
bush chalets, rooms, camping
On site
restaurant, steakhouse, bar, shop
Waterhole
floodlit

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Where to stay · Camp on the edge of the pan

Onkoshi Camp

Fifteen units on a spit of land on the edge of the pan, away from the public self-drive routes. Reachable only by transfer.

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Thatched tented chalets of Dolomite Camp in Etosha National Park scattered along a rocky ridge above a wide plain covered in bush.
Photo: Heribert Bechen ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

Where to stay · Camp in the west

Dolomite Camp

The camp in the long-closed western part of the park, on a dolomite ridge above the plain. Tented chalets, few beds.

The part of the park that was closed for decades.

Location
west, via Galton Gate
Access
limited since opening
Accommodation
permanent luxury tents
View
raised above the plain
Second camp
Olifantsrus, camping only
Olifantsrus
10 pitches with electricity
Reason for species richness
no mass tourism

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Arrival · Northern gate

King Nehale Gate

The northern gate towards Ondangwa and Oshakati, named after Nehale lya Mpingana.

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Cracked salt crust of a dried-out pan in Etosha National Park, broken into plates, with animal tracks in it.
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Water · Salt pan, around 4,800 km² (1,853 sq mi)

Etosha Pan

The dried-up remains of a lake once fed by the Kunene River. In most months a white surface without vegetation.

A salt flat that began as a lake and is named after what it lacks.

Name
Etotha in Oshindonga
Meaning
“the place where nothing grows”
Origin
remains of a lake fed by the Kunene
Fossil finds
wetland antelopes, 90 cm (35 in) catfish
Usual state
dry, white, without vegetation
Access
Etosha Lookout, spur road
Secondary pan
Fisher's Pan near Namutoni

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Water · Natural spring on the edge of the pan

Okondeka

North of Okaukuejo on the edge of the pan, known for lions and large herds of zebra and wildebeest in the dry season.

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Water · Waterhole on the edge of the pan

Salvadora

A spring right on the edge of the pan, on the route between Okaukuejo and Halali.

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Water · Waterhole south of the pan

Homob

One of the waterholes on the central route, where elephants and oryx gather in the dry season.

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Locations verified from the linked original sources and OpenStreetMap. The map shows no trails or park boundaries; markers do not imply that access is permitted.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap. Elevation: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data); 3DEP, GMTED2010 and SRTM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey; EU-DEM (Copernicus, European Union); ETOPO1 (NOAA); ArcticDEM (NSF, DigitalGlobe); Geoscience Australia; Open Data Austria (DGM); Open Government Licence – Canada; INEGI; Land Information New Zealand; Kartverket; Environment Agency (UK).

Park photo: Photo: Giles Laurent ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

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