Etosha National Park, Namibia

with Paul McDougall

Namibia
Photograph Wildlife in Etosha National Park

Etosha National Park

Location: Northwest Namibia
Availability: Year Round
Dates: 2nd Nov to 12th Nov 2026
Duration: 10 nights 11 days
Price pp*: £5,995 pp in single occupancy
Places (5 max): Places Available
Your guide: Paul McDougall
* Price per person based on 5 people.
Maximum of 5 photographers per vehicle

Photograph Wildlife in Etosha National Park, Namibia

Guided photographic tours to Etosha with Wildlife Photographer Paul McDougall run in Conjunction with Your Safari

Etosha National Park in Namibia is a unique safari destination where there are no major sources of water so the wildlife is naturally drawn to the spring-fed waterholes that dot the park making it a perfect place for wildlife photography.

November is an exceptional time for photographers to visit with the waterholes becoming increasingly important for the animals as the dry season progresses and the “teaser” rains are in the air.

Each day the dust builds up and the skies turn dark in sharp contrast to the white roads and the wildlife become more animated with the expectation of the coming rains.

Etosha National Park

The park spans an area of 22,270 km2 and is located 414km north of Windhoek.

Etosha is blessed with an abundance of wildlife including lion, leopard and cheetah as well as many of the smaller cats and brown and spotted hyena. Elephants thrive here as do both white rhino and their rarer cousin the black rhino along with many other species of plains game including southern giraffe, gemsbok, springbok, greater kudu, zebra, blue wildebeest and black-faced impala. The bird count is over 340 species with many of Southern Africa’s raptors calling the park their home.

Photograph Wildlife in Etosha National Park, Namibia

Etosha at a glance

Climate:

The climate in Etosha in November is hot and dry with occasional dramatic thunderstorms in the afternoons that can produce rain but quickly returns to normal.

The daytime temperature can get up to 35 degrees but as the country has a desert climate the heat is dry and manageable, and the vehicle and accommodation are air conditioned.

Vegetation:

The three main areas of the park we will visit have their own ecozones;

The area surrounding Okaukuejo Camp is surrounded by vast open plains that attract huge herds of grazers and their predators

Halali Camp is surrounded by mopane woodland and rocky outcrops and is known for its huge elephant herds and black rhino sightings as well as the ever-elusive leopard.

The area around Namutoni Camp has many key waterholes and is home to the majority of the park’s giraffe and is the best area to find cheetah as they hunt along the pan’s edge

Major Attractions

Etosha is home to four of the big five species: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, and both African species of Rhino

Other animals of interest are: Cheetah, ( Namibia has more cheetah than any other African nation with an estimate of 2,500 – 3,00 ) Black-faced Impala, Honey Badgers, Gemsbok, Aardwolf, Bat-eared Fox, Brown Hyena and Caracal

Over 350 species of birds can be seen in Etosha and 700+ in the whole country

Why I Love Etosha

The unique landscapes, incredible wildlife and phenomenal light makes Etosha a photographer’s dream destination.

Our specially adapted vehicle, with its camera rests and pop up roof, doubles up as a photographic hide while we are out in the field and the camps own floodlit waterholes give people the opportunity to practice their night time photography as the wildlife comes to drink after dark.

This safari will be fully guided by me as a photographic guide but all booking and enquiries are done through Your Safari.

To see more details on this incredible Namibia safari then visit the Your Safari website

Why not add on an extension:

Kalahari Extension

Following your safari in northern Namibia why not join us for a 3 night extension into the Kalahari Desert?

The Kalahari is vast and imposing. It is also the second-largest wildlife reserve in the world, covering a massive 52,000 square kilometres, and one of the remotest places on the continent.

It is the perfect location to search for and capture images of some of the hard to find desert wildlife. The ancient camelthorn and acacia trees that dot the horizon are a landscape photographer’s dream, and they make amazing backdrops for some of the incredible desert wildlife.

The Namibia section of the Kalahari is characterised by deep red linear sand dunes with swathes of yellow grasslands between them that is home to a surprisingly varied number of desert dwelling species.

Key wildlife species of the Kalahari includes

  • Honey badgers,
  • Bat-eared foxes
  • Serval
  • Caracal
  • Cheetah
  • African Wildcat
  • Aardvark
  • Oryx
  • Meerkat
  • Sociable Weavers
  • Eagles, Raptors, Vultures and Owls
  • Snakes, Lizards and Geckos

To see more details on this incredible Namibia safari then visit the Your Safari website

 

Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Elephants
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Lions
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Cheetah and cubs
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Etosha thunder clouds
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Leopard
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Leopard
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Lion
Namibia Wildlife Photography Tour - Wild Cat

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