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Betty v.Hoenning
IT
Visited:
February 2009
Reviewed: Sep 4, 2011
Email Betty v.Hoenning | 50-65 years of age
Jofie Lamprecht
NA
Visited:
May 2011
Reviewed: Sep 7, 2011
Email Jofie Lamprecht | 20-35 years of age
This is not a high density National Park, and with some luck you can have a good experience. Game is not habituated to game viewing vehicles. Large parts of the park can seem dull, due to thick bush. Scenically, the drive into the park and through some of the more open and koppie filled parts of the park are beautiful. Only vehicles from NWR (Namibia Wildlife Resorts) are allowed in the park. One trip into the park is sufficient, and if combined with Etosha, this will give you your only chance to see cape buffalo other than in the Caprivi to complete your big 5 in two parks.
AlmostPerfect
IT
Visited:
January 2011
Reviewed: Oct 2, 2011
Email AlmostPerfect | 35-50 years of age
The other parks offer more wildlife experiences than the Waterburg Plateau
Goulu
Visited:
August 2010
Reviewed: Oct 9, 2011
Rhinos and Hippos at Wabi Lodge
We stayed at Wabi Lodge. Their website contains a lot of useful information about the region and its progressive shift from game to eco tourism and wildlife conservation. Rooms are large and nicely furnished, with some reminders of the game period. (Cold) swimming.pool, good meals.
Safari with a very friendly and interesting local black chauffeur and guide, one of our very few constacts with black people in Namibia. He brings some food for the rhinos at the water hole, where we have a close encounter with a family of rhinos and two hippos, the only we saw in Namibia.
Mike Wanliss
ZA
Visited:
December 2006
Reviewed: Jan 30, 2012
Email Mike Wanliss | 20-35 years of age
We had a brief but enjoyable stay in the Waterberg Plateau Park
I love this place. It's a great place to combine some light beasting with a few days around the pool. Relax on a sunlounger with a cold Hansa whilst banded mongooses fight over the pools of water left behind by the lawn sprinkler. Don't have too many Hansas though - open your room curtains before dawn and you'll probably have tiny Damara Dik Diks playing on your patio. Ace. The plateau itself isn't great for beasts, but definitely make the effort if you're staying over. The safari truck we were in killed more nightjars than it avoided, and we saw a an eland. That was it.
Marleen Horsten
Visited:
September 2011
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2012
Beautiful but we didn't see much wildlife.
Emiel de Lange
NL
Visited:
October 2011
Reviewed: Aug 26, 2012
Email Emiel de Lange | under20 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Beautiful plateau and beautiful views. Wildlife is unremarkable though one can see quite a lot.
Pierre
CH
Visited:
July 2010
Reviewed: Sep 11, 2012
Email Pierre | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jean
FR
Visited:
May 2014
Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
More history than wildlife
The Waterberg is not as interesting for the wildlife as one could expect, especially when Etosha is so close. However, the dirt roads inside and around it are really pleasant to drive. The cliffs of the plateau are impressive, particularly at sunset. The most interesting about the Waterberg Plateau is that it makes an opportunity to learn about the history of Namibia, as the Herero fought the Germans at this exact place. There is a German war cemetery within the park boundaries. For the rest, Etosha provides much more for the same price (or less).