Routing Highlights: Windhoek – Etosha National Park – Windhoek Guests on this Fly-In Safari will be treated to the highlights of a classical Namibian Etosha Game Safari. The Etosha National Park has over 114 mammal species, 350 bird species and 21 vegetation types. The most common plains game species encountered include; Burchell’s Zebra, Springbok, Black– Faced Impala, Blue Wildebeest, Gemsbok / Oryx antelope, Giraffe and Red Hartebeest. The Etosha National Park also boasts healthy populations of Lion, Elephant and Black Rhino. Tour Information: Departure Date:             On Request Departure Location:      Windhoek Tour Ends:                       Windhoek Click on the picture to open our  "Namibia Highlights" Fly-In Gallery			click route-map to enlarge

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Day 1
Windhoek – Etosha National Park
You will be met by a company representative at your hotel in Windhoek and transferred to Eros Airport for an early morning check-in and departure by light aircraft for your flight to the eastern border of the world-renowned Etosha National Park will take off. Upon arrival at Mokuti Airstrip, you will be met by an Onguma Tented Camp representative and transferred to your overnight accommodation for the next three nights.
Accommodation: Onguma Tented Camp

Situated on the eastern side of Etosha Park and bordering Fisher’s pan, Onguma Game Reserve will afford you the opportunity of experiencing Africa in all her beauty and diversity. The reserve covers an area of 20 000ha and incorporates ecological substrata such as savannah, bushveld, omuramba and dry pan. Age-old and well-worn migration routes, once used by elephant and buffalo wander through Onguma’s three dry riverbeds. Onguma reserve boasts over thirty different animal species. Plains game roam freely and predators although not easy to spot are nevertheless common residents of the area.

Onguma also became part of an innovative custodianship project relating to the black rhino. 6 black rhino were darted in Etosha National park and shipped to the reserve. Here they are protected and monitored. The joyful news is that the first calf was born on Onguma in October 2002. More than 300 bird species can be viewed at Onguma. The reserve boasts the biggest breeding colony of white-backed vultures in Namibia. During the summer months Onguma becomes a bird-watchers paradise with thousands of species migrating to wetlands created by the seasonal rains and ephemeral river systems. This part of Namibia has been identified as one of the key bird watching sites in Southern Africa.

Day 2 & Day 3
Etosha National Park
Enjoy a full day game drive in Etosha National Park, one of the world's pre-eminent wildlife areas. At the turn of the century the governor of then German South West Africa proclaimed an area of nearly 100000 square kilometres as a game reserve - until modern times, the largest reserve on earth. Present day Etosha National Park was pared down due to political considerations in the 1960's and is now a modest but still very impressive 23175 square kilometres in extent. A vast area on Namibia's central plateau, a haven for 93 mammal species and 340 bird species, the park's focal point is the Etosha Pan - a flat saline desert, 130 km long by 50km at its widest in the eastern sector of the park.

The Pan itself is believed to have originated over 12 million years ago as a shallow lake fed by the Kunene River. Subsequent climatic and tectonic changes have since lowered the water level so that the pan only holds water for a brief period each year - it teems with flamingos and pelicans in the summer. The saline and mineral residues together with moisture from perennial springs attract an immense number and variety of game and birds from mid March into November just before the new wet season starts.
Etosha is known for its endemic species of impala, the black faced variety and is said to have the tallest elephants in Africa, measuring up to 4m at the shoulder. The park is also well recognised as being one of the last wild sanctuaries of the endangered black rhino.
Accommodation: Onguma Tented Camp

Day 4
Windhoek
After a scrumptious breakfast and check-out, your charter flight back to Windhoek takes off; either continue directly  to Windhoek International Airport to connect with your departure flight or return to Eros Airport and spend an additional night in Namibia's capital city before your final departure.

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