Etosha National Park
The Etosha National Park is a 22,935 square kilometer National Park in the north of Namibia and the country's most important protected area. The park is located on the northwest edge of the Kalahari Basin and covers almost the entire 4760 square kilometers Etosha Pan. The southern park entrance is about 400 kilometers from the capital of Namibia Windhoek, and the northern park entrance is about 125 kilometers from the Angolan border. The Atlantic Ocean is almost 200 kilometers away from the western border.
The name "Etosha" comes from the Oshivambo and means "big white place."
