RHINO! Well, at the time I was so excited but since then I have seen many of them all over the world. My noobish question to the staff at the visitor center if they could give me hints of where there is a higher chance to run into them was just got me shaking heads. There is even a huge "DO NOT POST RHINO SIGHTINGS" in the logbook. Shortly after leaving the visitor center and veering off the main road I saw a huge boulder blocking the path - turned it out was a rhino after all. It didn't like the car coming but didn't run into the distance either. I also need to say that if you stick to the main road of the park you will not see too much and the smaller roads are rough. You can take most with an SVU but a 4x4 is recommended so you don't get stuck out there - pretty much Safari 101. As Etosha is a dry and hot park that makes it extra unbearable having to find help on foot.

Unlike most visitors I only spent a long day in the park so I didn't go far out in the distance. After having been to many national parks in southern Africa it can get a bit jading but if you come for the rhinos then you should stay longer to ensure sightings. Everything else, giraffes, elephants are pretty common all over the place and the lack of shades (the area looks pretty much all like the pics) can get a little... boring. Nevertheless the park is a gem for southern Africa and Namibia should inscribe this place asap.