Towering some 200 metres above the surrounding landscape, with sheer cliffs and fascinating rock formations, Waterberg Mountain Park has over 200 bird species, including the only breeding colony of Cape vulture and is managed as a breeding area for rare and endangered species, including black and white rhinoceros, disease-free buffalo, sable and roan antelope.
What to do around Waterberg Plateau
- Game Drives
- Bird spotting
- Relaxing quietly
- more
Game Drives
From the Waterberg Plateau Resort you can take guided game drives onto the plateau but you can not drive yourself onto the Waterberg Plateau Park.
Some of the private lodges in the surrounding area offer game drives around their own property if you are a guest.
Bird Spotting
The Waterberg Plateau area is a great bird watching place, you can enjoy walks around many of the places in the Waterberg are, listening out for different birds then see if you can spot them.
Enjoy the quiet
Being only half a days drive from both Windhoek and Etosha The Waterberg Plateau in Namibia is a nice peaceful getaway and idealfor a first or last night stay in Namibia.
Surrounded by nature and away from the city.
Places to stay in
Waterberg
All the places to stay in and around Waterberg Plateau listed here
Road trips in Namibia
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The Waterberg Plateau Park is located near Otjiwarongo in central Namibia and the actual game park itself where the animals are is on top of the plateau which rises 400 metres from the surrounding area. Covering 405 square kilometres waterberg means water mountain as there is a natural spring that rises up under the plateau and surfaces on the lower slopes of the Waterberg Plateau giving life to the area.
The Waterberg Plateau became a nature reserve in 1972 after numerous species that were considered endangered were relocated from various areas around Namibia to protect them, these include Sable, Black Rhino, White Rhino, Eland, Buffalo, Giraffe and Roan.
With a good supply of water and good vegitation the Waterberg Plateau and surrounding area is asupports a lot of bird life including Namibias only breeding habitat for Cape Vultures.
