Self-drive or guided, a day at Etosha's waterholes is safari at its simplest.
Etosha is one of the few great parks in Africa where you can do your own game drives in an ordinary vehicle on good gravel roads. You choose the waterholes, wait as long as you like and move on when the action does, which is why so many travellers love a self-drive here.
Guided drives in open safari vehicles add an expert eye and a higher vantage point, and the drives run from the rest camps are the only way to be out in the park after dark. Many of our itineraries mix the two: a guided drive in the morning and your own exploring in the afternoon.
Sample itineraries with game drives in Etosha. Each one is a starting point that we reshape around your dates and pace.
Camps and lodges we use in Etosha National Park. We will suggest the right one for your route and style.
Follow a tracker on foot or by vehicle to find black and white rhino in the wild.
Lions that live in the dry river valleys and dunes of Namibia's far north-west.
A full day on the Skeleton Coast: shipwrecks, seal colonies and dunes meeting the ocean.
Big cat conservation at Okonjima, between Windhoek and Etosha.
See rescued cheetahs up close as their keepers feed them.
Head out after dark to find the animals that only appear at night.
Tell us your dates, who is coming and what you would like to see. A safari specialist in Namibia replies personally with a route to react to.
Every Secret Namibia safari begins with a private Safari Concierge consultation. We set aside 30 minutes; most travellers have everything they need in 5 to 10.
