NAMIBIAN NATIONAL PARKS:


Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park was proclaimed as Namibia’s first
conservation area in 1907. Consisting of saline desert, Savannah
and woodlands, the National Park is one of the largest Game
Reserves in Africa.
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Skeleton Coast Park
The Skeleton Coast Park was proclaimed a National Park in 1973
and extends northwards from the Ugab River to the Kunene River,
covering an area of 16400 km². The attraction of this remote
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Kaudom Game Park
The park is situated in the northeast of the country along the
border of Botswana and was proclaimed a National Park in 1989.
It consists of a densely wooded wilderness that harbors several
big game species...
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Mahango Game Park
Borders on the perennial Okavango River and is characterized
by riverine forest, broad flood plains, magnificent baobab trees
and large herds of elephant, buffalo and red lechwe to name
but a few.
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Mudumu National Park
The park is a vast expanse of dense Savannah and woodland.
The Park is home to small populations of sitatunga and red lechwe,
while spotted-necked otter, hippo and crocodile inhabit the
waterways.
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Mamili National Park
The park was proclaimed in 1990 and encloses the largest wetland
area with conservation status in Namibia. A network of channels,
reed-beds, ox-bow lakes and a vast diversity of wildlife characterize
the park.
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Fish River Canyon Park
The second largest canyon in the World. It is set in a harsh
stony plain dotted with drought resistant succulents. This spectacular
phenomenon took hundreds of millions of years to evolve into
its current shape.
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Namib Naukluft Park
This is one of Namibia’s most versatile conservation areas
stretching over some 50 000 sq km with many a key feature. Being
managed as a wilderness area, the Park has no large rest camps...
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Waterberg Plateau Park
The Waterberg rises like an enormous castle out of the surrounding
bushveld plains and demarcates the last mountainous expanse
before the Kalahari Desert.
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