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Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia and one of the largest national parks in Africa. [1] It was proclaimed a game reserve in March 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of German South West Africa , Friedrich von Lindequist .
Okaukuejo is the administrative center for the Etosha National Park in Namibia. It is located approximately 650 km from the capital Windhoek. An average annual rainfall of around 350 millimetres (14 in) is received, although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 676 millimetres (26.6 in) were measured. [1]
The Etosha Ecological Institute (EEI) is an organization within the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Namibia that manages all research activities within the Etosha National Park. It was formally opened on 1 April 1974 by Adolf Brinkmann of the South-West Africa Administration.
The name was given to the rest camp in Etosha National Park in 1967 to mean "hunting has ended within the national park". Halali Koppie Halali: German + Afrikaans: Refers to a dolomite hill within the Halali camp. It was originally called //Ogomabes which means "place where many people died" in Hai//om. Tsinaib (ǂTsinab) Halali: Hai//om
The Fairy Tale Forest (Afrikaans: sprokieswoud) is situated in the Etosha National Park in the Kunene Region, Namibia, near Grünewald Farm. It is an open forest of Moringa ovalifolia ("Fairy tale trees"). [1]
Jungle Cat World has offered an overnight summer camp called Safari Zoo Camp since 1995. [6] Between the end of June and the end of August, approximately 300 campers, [7] from ages 6 to 17, come each year to experience one of the nine Zoo Camp sessions. Situated on the Jungle Cat World property, the campground and sleeping quarters are located ...
Etosha Pan during wet season, Etosha Lookout/Halali. The Etosha Pan is a large endorheic salt pan, forming part of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin in the north of Namibia.It is a vast hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated.
The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana, as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa.