Landscape Members
The Greater Waterberg Landscape comprises many separate land units, including privately owned freehold land managed as cattle and game farms, state land proclaimed as a national park, and several large communal conservancies. Read more about them below.
Active members
Affirmative action farms
Freehold farms Jachtplaats (A & B), Okomiparara, Otjihevita, Oupiu and Ringklip
African Wild Dog Conservancy
With an area of over 3,800 km2, African Wild Dog conservancy covers a large area in the south of the landscape. The conservancy was gazetted in 2005 and over 4,400 people live here. Annual rainfall is 350 - 400 mm.
Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Waterberg Plateau Park)
Towering sandstone cliffs, dinosaur footprints, mysterious rock engravings and some of Namibia’s most rare and valuable game species are synonymous with the Waterberg Plateau Park. Proclaimed in 1972 as a sanctuary for rare and endangered game species, Waterberg has played a vital role in breeding species for the restocking of other parks and conservation areas. The area is also home to the last remaining population of Cape vultures in Namibia.
Okamatapati Conservancy
Okamatapati Conservancy was gazetted in 2005, covers an area of over 3,000 km2 and supports approximately 1,860 people. It falls within the Kalahari Sandveld landscape and has an average annual rainfall of 350 - 450 mm.
Otjituuo Conservancy
Gazetted in 2005, Otjituuo Conservancy covers an area of more than 6,100 km2 and approximately 5,800 people live here. Annual rainfall is 350 - 400 mm and the area falls within the Kalahari sandveld landscape.
Ozonahi Conservancy
Gazetted in 2005, Ozonahi Conservancy covers an area of more than 3,200 km2. Almost 11,000 people live here. Annual rainfall is 350-400 mm and the area falls within the Kalahari sandveld landscape.
Resettlement farms (Elandsweide A, B, C, D & E)
A group of 5 resettlement farms - Elandsweide A to E - bordering Ozonahi Conservancy to the east and freehold farms to the west.
Waterberg Conservancy
Registered in 1993, Waterberg Conservancy is a freehold conservancy. A freehold conservancy is a legally protected area of a group of bona fide land-occupiers practicing co-operative management on freehold land.
