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Background: South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia won its independence in 1990 and has been governed by SWAPO since. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule.

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By Travel Rob
September 2nd 2008

Sunday in the Wild

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Roadside Oryx

Sunday dawned bright and clear, and I crawled out of bed far earlier than I’d have liked. Nominally a day of rest, some jobs still need to be done, and today I had agreed to drive our new cheetah keeper; Kate; on the rounds of all our pens, checking for damage to the fences. From the office it’s 24 km to the big enclosure on our neighbouring farm of Bellebenno, and the road wends its way through some lovely scenery. Away to the right rises the deep red of the Waterberg Plateau, while all around us are the browns and greens [View Full Entry]

By Travel Rob
May 15th 2008

Saving the wild cheetahs - part 1

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Cheetah female
An orphaned female cheetah living at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia.

I’ve spent the last six weeks volunteering for the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia. I’ve had a fantastic time so far, and the best part is that I’ll be here for six more weeks as well. CCF was founded in 1990 by American born Dr Laurie Marker and in the decades since has made one of the greatest single contributions to the future survival of the wild cheetah population of Africa. In 1900 there were around 100,000 cheetahs in the wild, but the twentieth century saw a sharp decline in their numbers due to the pressures of an expanding human [View Full Entry]

By LJ
May 5th 2007

Baboons on the path!

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Our bungalow at Waterberg

We have left Windhoek and headed north to Waterberg Plateau. It was mainly tarred road all the way and as we predicted there was not much traffic about. We had a short drive on gravel roads and as a result the car now has an ominous sounding rattle! The camp is really nice and we are staying in a very swish little bungalow. As there are lots of paths around the park we have spent our time walking. We took a trip up to the top of the plateau although we nearly did not make it as we got scared by [View Full Entry]

By Weltvagabunden
March 1st 2007

Waterberg und Etosha National Park

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Es wird gruener!
Auf dem Weg zum Waterberg Plateau

Windhoek ade, es stehen neue Abenteuer an! Das Wildlife ruft und wir folgen nur zu gerne. Auf dem Weg zu dem Etosha Nationalpark machten wir noch einen kleinen Abstecher zum Waterberg Plateau, das uns empfohlen wurde. Mit einem anderen deutschen Paearchen waren wir die Einzigen auf der Campingsite und selbst ich konnte mich fuer die Anlage begeistern :o) ! Gut erholt von Naukluft und Sossusvlei wollten wir wieder ein bisschen hiken gehen und freuten uns ueber die Aussage im Lonley Planet, dass es verschiedene kleinere Hikingtrails angeboten werden. Nun gut, es stellte sich heraus, dass [View Full Entry]

Im spaetnachmittaeglichen Sonnenschein glueht der Stein farbenfroh

Der halbe Fussmarsch auf das Plateau ist geschafft

By janees
October 22nd 2006

Waterberg plateau

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Waterberg plateau

Our next stop was Waterberg Plateau Park back down on the B1 road. Waterberg Plateau is a huge plateau - huge! It dominates the landscape. We had planned to do some walking trails here and enjoy the outdoors. The weather was fine by now with no sign of rain. We were due to stay at Waterberg for two nights, our last two nights in Namibia, but decided that one would be enough. This was because although the plateau was magnificent, the actual accommodation was so close to it, you could not really sit back and enjoy the view. The accommodation was [View Full Entry]

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