Safarihoek
- Etosha Heights Private Reserve
- 11 Rooms
- NAD 8,250 — NAD 11,775 per night
Etosha Heights Private Reserve is situated adjacent to Etosha National Park in northern Namibia. The wildlife here roams freely between the private reserve and the national park. With a good variety and density of wildlife the game watching opportunities for visitors are exceptional and reliable
Lion and elephant are the stars of the landscape, and you’ll be overjoyed to see rhinos if they’re on your must-see list.
Enjoy an Etosha wildlife experience without the crowds of the nearby national park at this exclusive and private reserve.
Etosha Heights Private Reserve is an impressive 60,000 hectares in size and shares a 65-kilometer northern boundary with Namibia’s celebrated Etosha National Park.
Over the past 8 years this reserve has transitioned from an agricultural and hunting area to what is now a conservation success story. The result has been a significant increase in both variety and density of wildlife to the point where the wildlife populations are now an extension to the adjacent Etosha National Park
The classic Etosha landscape of the reserve is dominated by vast, flat savannah interspersed with thickets of mopane woodland, riverine forest, and scattered salt pans.
Etosha Heights rises steadily from the park boundary towards the dolomite Etosha Hills where the variety of plant and wildlife species multiplies. The dolomite hills offer cover for elusive mountain zebra and kudu, while the numerous waterholes attract large numbers of animals and birds from far and wide.
Direct flights to Windhoek from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa and Doha.
Fly to Windhoek and switch to a light aircraft and fly to our airstrip at Etosha Heights.
You may also self- drive to Etosha Heights which is 470 km from Windhoek,
Etosha experiences a semi-arid climate, characterized by distinct wet and dry seasons.
Dry season temperatures are cooler, especially in the mornings and evenings. Daytime highs range from 20°C to 30°C (68°F to 86°F), while nights can drop to around 5°C to 10°C (41°F to 50°F).
Wet season temperatures are warm to hot, with daytime highs ranging from 30°C to 40°C (86°F to 104°F. Occasional heavy rains can be expected, particularly in January and February,
Key species in this thriving wildlife area include elephant, rhino, kudu, springbok, lion, cheetah and leopard with the numerous waterholes attracting large numbers of game and their feathered counterparts form far and wide.
Lion and elephant are the stars of the landscape, and if rhinos are on your must-see list, you’ll be in luck!
The Etosha area is rated one of the best places on the continent to view rhino, and Etosha Heights is home to both white and black rhino. As part of the re-wilding transition, Etosha Heights became a Black Rhino Custodian area a decade ago, and both black and white rhinos were re-introduced to the area. The reserve has an anti-poaching team on site who keep the rhinos under 24-hour protection. A morning spent tracking their footprints through the dust before eventually coming nose-to-horn with one of the endangered beasts is a memory not to be forgotten.
The reserve is also home to numerous species of antelope including sable and black-faced impala, as well as giraffe and other plains game. In winter, aardvark sightings are not infrequent.
The private reserve has healthy populations of threatened or endangered species including elephants, locally endemic black-faced impala, sable antelope and lions. Etosha Heights also provides an important roost and bathing area for 2 of Namibia’s vulnerable vulture species; the white-backed and lappet-faced vulture.
Being at the intersection of desert animals and savannah species, visitors can expect to encounter leopard, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, oryx, wildebeest, eland, as well as some smaller species of jackal, bat-eared fox, the elusive honey badger and so much more.
The reserve is a hotspot for bird lovers too, enjoy action packed moments like falcons hunting quelea at the waterholes. Bateleur, tawny eagle and martial eagle float in the thermals. Goshawks sit in the branches and eight species of owl can be spotted after sunset. The vultures that visit Etosha include lappet-faced, white-backed and hooded vultures.
Namibian specials include bare-cheeked babbler, violet wood-hope, Carp’s tit, Monterio’s hornbill, rockrunner and Rüppel’s parrot. Record breaking species are the ostrich as the world’s largest bird and the kori bustard, which is the heaviest flying bird.
