Okaukuejo

Okaukuejo is the name of an institution situated in the south of present-day Etosha National Park former German police and military station in Namibia. The place was originally called Okakwiya, " the woman who gives birth to a child every year ." Today it is an overnight camp for visitors to the national parks. In addition, there are the park management and the ecological institute ( Etosha Ecological Institute) is relocating

Following the outbreak of rinderpest in 1897 here a checkpoint was erected to demarcate the whole northern country, in order to prevent the further spread of the disease from the northern Ovambogebieten. 1901 she was a fortified military post, and was the central link in the chain of Sesfontein to Namutoni. Its military importance, however, always remained low, a few years later Okaukuejo was destroyed and the German colonial administration built a police station with a round limestone tower. In contrast, the present tower dates only from the year 1963.

The more practical significance had Okaukuejo in connection with the establishment and management of the nature reserve Etosha, later Etosha National Park, because here the park administration was situated - has and together with the ecological institute today. After the Etosha Nature Reserve after the Second World War increasingly became a tourist attraction too, was increasing accommodation needs. So Okaukuejo in 1950 the first of the general public to access and open all year round Rest Camp in the Etosha National Park.

In 1953, the first game warden stationed in Etosha area. At this time lived the Hai ǁ com [ Khi 1] as the only people inside the park area.

At the waterhole of Okaukuejo, which is illuminated in the evening, you can watch huge herds of wildebeest and zebra, often a family of elephants, giraffes and the occasional rhino.

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Tower in Okaukuejo

Tower view

The waterhole of Okaukuejo

Air table

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