More space for campers

More space for campers

The worldwide trend for camping in nature can also be noticed at the Waterberg. In the past year, the Waterberg Plateau Campsite quite often had to refuse guests because it was fully booked. Good news: That should not happen again this year. More on the website of...
110 years of cultivation at Otjosongombe

110 years of cultivation at Otjosongombe

The area of today’s nature reserve Waterberg Wilderness celebrates this year a milestone birthday: 110 years ago began the operation on the then newly founded farm Otjosongombe. Immigrated from Germany,the farmer was the grandson of a well-known composer…...
Rare black mongoose at the Plateau Lodge?

Rare black mongoose at the Plateau Lodge?

This small agile predator caused a debate among experts which lasted for decades; only in 2008 was it granted status of a species: the black mongoose. It is considered very rare. However, in the Waterberg Plateau Lodge black mongooses are often seen milling around...
Further windows into the past

Further windows into the past

Waterberg Wilderness broadens the view into the joint history of Namibia and Germany on its History Path. For this theme trail, two additional information boards have been compiled that explain developments before and after the Battle of Waterberg 1904… More in...