An isolated rocky plateau turned into the Noah's ark of Namibian conservation, with rhino and other reintroductions since the 1970s
Area
405 km²
Declared in
1972
Region
Southern Africa
Climate
Árido / desértico
Best time
May to October
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An isolated rocky plateau turned into the Noah's ark of Namibian conservation, with rhino and other reintroductions since the 1970s
Declared in 1972, Waterberg Plateau Park has served ever since as a Noah's ark for Namibian conservation, the starting point for numerous programmes reintroducing species — black and white rhino among them — to other reserves around the country, thanks to the natural protection the raised plateau affords, its cliffs acting as a barrier against both predators and poachers.
Location
See on the interactive map46 species documented in Waterberg Plateau
At conservation risk:Rinoceronte negro,Guepardo,Leopardo,Buitre de El Cabo,Buitre orejudo,Cálao terrestre sureño,Secretario
Critically EndangeredRinoceronte negro
Diceros bicornis
Near ThreatenedBúfalo africano
Syncerus caffer
Least ConcernEland común
Taurotragus oryx
VulnerableGuepardo
Acinonyx jubatus
Least ConcernKudú mayor
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
VulnerableLeopardo
Panthera pardus
Near ThreatenedRinoceronte blanco
Ceratotherium simum
Least ConcernÁguila de Verreaux
Aquila verreauxii
Least ConcernBabuino chacma
Papio ursinus
Buitre de El Cabo
Gyps coprotheres
Avutarda kori
Ardeotis kori
Blesbok
Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Namibia, where Waterberg Plateau lies.
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