Inside Etosha National Park: Facts, Map, Location, Animals

Inside Etosha National Park: Facts, Map, Location, Animals. Etosha, which translates to “Great White Place,” is one of the world’s biggest reserves; it was so called because of the enormous salt pan located in the middle. Etosha is home to four of the Big Five (buffalo cannot survive in this habitat), 340 species of birds, and 114 different kinds of mammals. The remarkable quantity of animals that descend to drink from the floodlit Okaukuejo waterhole has made it famous around the world.