Nocturnal animals

Black rhinoceros

These animals are fairly common in Namibia. In the western part of Etosha, they come in to the waterholes every night to drink.

African porcupine

Photographed at a night hide in Okonjima.

Ratel (honey badger)

Also at Okonjima. They are also common in eastern Etosha. They are pugnacious.

Giant eagle owl

A pair of these enormous owls were nesting in a large tree next to a waterhole in western Etosha.

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