Otjozondjupa sits in north-central Namibia around Otjiwarongo, Grootfontein and Okahandja, and is best known for the Waterberg Plateau — a sandstone table mountain that shelters some of the country’s most successful rhino conservation projects. Most travellers pass through on the main road between Windhoek and Etosha, making it a practical and scenic overnight stop rather than a final destination in its own right.
Directions: Farm Wewelsburg No. 191, just off the B1 between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo.
Activities: Bird watching, hiking trails to a nearby dam, farm animals on site.
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Bookings: Tel 067 306 646, email bahrcamp@mweb.com.na
Directions: 13 Hindenburg Street, Otjiwarongo – in the town centre, about 200m east of the main road, near Otjiwarongo Crocodile Farm.
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Contact: +264 67 303100 / +264 88 613766 / +264 81 1293679
Directions: Ohange Namibia Lodge is situated about 30km north of Otavi on the B1, en route to Tsumeb and Etosha National Park.
Activities: Hiking, horseback trail riding, and guided safari tours can be arranged, with wildlife viewing at the lodge’s waterhole.
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Bookings: Contact the lodge directly via ohange.com.
Directions: On Omatozu Game Farm, about 100 km north of Windhoek / 25 km north of Okahandja, west of the B1.
Activities: Farm drives, guided walks, birdwatching, self-drive across the 6,000 ha farm (14 game species including giraffe).
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Seasonal – open February to November (closed December–January).
Directions: About 48 km south of Otjiwarongo, in the 22,000 ha Okonjima Nature Reserve, home to the AfriCat Foundation (big cat rescue and rehabilitation since 1991).
Activities: Leopard tracking, game viewing, AfriCat education centre visits.
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Directions: About 35 km south of Otjiwarongo, on a 12,000 ha private nature reserve.
Activities: Guided safaris, rhino tracking, sunset/night drives, bush walks; day trips to Etosha, Waterberg Plateau and a cheetah sanctuary.
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Directions: On a 10,000 ha unfenced game farm near Okahandja – Namibia’s first pure game farm (established 1980).
Activities: Hiking, game drives; game includes impala, oryx, springbok, and rarer species like nyala, waterbuck, lechwe, sable and roan.
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Directions: About 29 km from Okahandja, roughly 40 minutes from Windhoek. Part of the Okahandja 4WD Trail (80 km, ~5 hours, across the Teufelsbach and Bergquell farms – ranges from easy sand riding to technical rock climbing/descending).
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Bookings: Tel +264 62 501 912, email cdmedia@iway.na
Directions: Less than 60 km from the Dobe border post (Botswana), 256 km east of Grootfontein – gateway to Nyae Nyae Pans and Khaudum National Park.
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Directions: About 60 km north of Windhoek, 5 km southeast of Okahandja – turn off the B1 just south of Okahandja.
Activities: Water sports, angling (permits available at the entrance), game viewing (kudu, zebra, gemsbok, eland, springbok, hartebeest, ostrich) in the surrounding game park.
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