Palmwag

The Uniab at Palmwag

Sunset at Palmwag Lodge

Palmwag is a veterinary control point, an oasis and a tourism concession area on communal land in northern Namibia.[1] It is located in the Kunene region on the Uniab River, in northwestern Damaraland, halfway between Swakopmund and the Etosha National Park. It covers an area of 400,000 hectares and has populations of Hyphaena petersiana. Palmwag is situated on the Red Line, a veterinary cordon fence separating northern Namibia from the rest of the country.

Wildlife in Palmwag includes leopards, lions, cheetahs, mountain zebras, Angolan giraffes, springboks, kudu, and African bush elephants. The reserve has the largest population of south-western black rhinos in Africa; a local organization called Save the Rhino Trust protects them.[2]

Palmwag is also a tourist attraction. The tourism concession was granted in 1986 and Palmwag Lodge opened in the same year.[3]

References

1. Röll, Beate (2005). "Variability in a Common Species: The Lygodactylus Capensis Complex from Southern and Eastern Africa (Reptilia, Gekkonidae)". In Huber, Bernhard A.; Sinclair, Bradley J.; Lampe, Karl-Heinz (eds.). African Biodiversity. Boston, MA: Springer US. pp. 237–244. doi:10.1007/0-387-24320-8_22. ISBN 978-0-387-24320-7.
2. Shivute, Basilia A. (2008). Multi-scale assessment of habitat use by Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758) in North West Namibia (Masters thesis).
3. Owen-Smith, Garth (November 2012) [2002]. "A Brief History of the Conservation and Origin of the Concession Areas in the Former Damaraland" (PDF). In Carrington, Daisy (ed.). How Namibia Turned Poachers into Gamekeepers and Saved Rare Wildlife. Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation, November 2002). Vol. 23. Windhoek.