Elephant locations in Namibia

13 locations has kept elephants in Namibia
There is presently 18 (6,8) living elephants in locations in Namibia (in this database)
Region: Namibia is in this database included in africaOther regions
Location holdings:

13 locations has kept 43 elephants in Namibia

(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)

Elephants in locations18 (6,8) living25 (5,2) dead
Sex ratio and
Management:
 Male  6 / 18 
 33%
 Female  8 / 18 
 44%
 Free contact  0 / 18  0%
 Protected contact  0 / 18  0%
 No contact  0 / 18  0%
 Unknown contact  5 / 18 
 28%
 wild  10 / 18 
 56%

1884-1915: Present Namibia was refered to as German South-West Africa.

1915-1988 (officially 1990): Present Namibia was refered to as South-West Africa.

2020: The Namibian elephant population has trebled since 1990, which has resulted in a sharp spike in human-elephant conflict.


Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Namibia. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2021) available online retrieved at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Namibia.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others


Internal relevant links

  • The elephant database startpage. Statistics
  • News about elephants in Namibia (From the sister site Elephant News)


    • NameElephant collectionTypePlaceDistrictProvinceStateRegion
    Caprivi Strip
    Kept totally 19 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)19 births0 relocated19 deathswild
    Eden Game Farm
    Kept totally 5 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births5 relocated0 deathsdealerOtjozondjupa Region
    Etosha National Park
    Kept totally 1 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)2 births1 relocated0 deathswild
    Geleksberg Farm (Golden Game cc)
    Kept totally 3 elephants    		, 3 present (0,1)0 births0 relocated0 deathsdealerMarientalHardap Region
    Kunene Region
    Kept totally 6 elephants    		, 4 present (1,3)1 births0 relocated2 deathswildOpuwo
    N/a ankusse Lodge (Golden Game cc)
    Kept totally 5 elephants    		, 2 present (0,0)0 births3 relocated0 deathsprivateWindhoek
    Namib Game Services (Herbert Henle)
    Kept totally 15 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births15 relocated0 deathsdealerOtjiwarongo
    (map)
    Okambara Elephant Lodge
    Kept totally 9 elephants    		, 9 present (5,4)5 births0 relocated0 deathscampWindhoek
    Ovita Game Farm
    Kept totally 5 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births3 relocated2 deathsprivateOkahandja
    (map)
    Walter Schulz
    Kept totally 10 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births8 relocated2 deathsdealer
    Waterberg Plateau Park
    Kept totally 11 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)11 births11 relocated0 deathswildOtjiwarongo
    Wolfgang Delfts
    Kept totally 14 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births14 relocated0 deathsdealerWindhoek
    (map)    		Khomas
    Zoopark Okahandja (Walter Schulz)
    Kept totally 1 elephants    		, 0 present (0,0)0 births1 relocated0 deathszooOkahandjaWindhoek


    This document was updated: 2010-09-10 14:06:28


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