Etosha, meaning ‘Great White Place’, is dominated by a massive mineral pan, the floor of which was formed around 1000 million years ago. This pan, the Etosha Pan also forms part of the Kalahari Basin. 

Etosha Game Park was declared a National Park in 1907.  The park, dominated by a massive mineral pan called the Etosha Pan, covers an area of 22 270 square kilometers and is home to 114 mammal species, 340 bird species, 110 reptile species, 16 amphibian species and, surprisingly, one species of fish.

The pan was originally a lake fed by the Kunene River. However the course of the river changed thousands of years ago and the lake dried up leaving a large dusty depression of salt and dusty clay which fills....