Elephant locations in Namibia

21 locations has kept elephants in Namibia

There is presently 18 (6,8) living elephants in locations in Namibia in this database

Namibia
Region:	Namibia is in this database included in africa
Location holdings:	21 locations has kept 44 elephants in Namibia (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	18 (6,8) living 26 (5,2) dead

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.

2016: The elephant population in Namibia currently stands at 24 091, as stated in the census of the 2016 elephants survey.

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

2022: Namibia has an estimated elephant population of 24 000. According to CITES, since 1996, Namibian elephants have been classified under Appendix two - which means they are not necessarily threatened with extinction, but trade must be controlled to avoid selling them to conditions not compatible with their survival.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Namibia. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2024) available online retrieved 2024-11-19 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Namibia.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/africa/free-roaming-elephants-a-rising-problem-for-namibian-farmers/

https://www.namibian.com.na/97184/read/Namibia-puts-170-jumbos-on-sale

https://neweralive.na/posts/govt-tramples-elephant-auction-criticism

https://www.news24.com/news24/africa/news/namibia-defends-export-of-22-elephants-to-uae-zoo-20220310

Internal relevant links

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

Name	Elephant collection				Place
Caprivi Strip (wild) Kept totally 19 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	19 births	0 relocated	19 deaths
Du Preez Wild (dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Otjiwarongo
Eden Game Farm (dealer) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	5 relocated	0 deaths	Otjozondjupa Region
Erindi Private Game Reserve (safaripark) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Windhoek (map)
Etosha National Park (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	3 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Geleksberg Farm (Golden Game cc) (dealer) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Mariental Hardap Region
Gerrie. H. Odendaal quarantine facility (dealer) Kept totally 22 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	22 relocated	0 deaths	Gobabis
Kamanjab Constituency forest (wild) Kept totally 21 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	21 births	21 relocated	0 deaths	(map) Kunene Region
Kunene Region (wild) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 4 present (1,3)	1 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Opuwo
Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve (safaripark) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Windhoek (map) Omaheke region
N/a ankusse Lodge (Golden Game cc) (private) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 2 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Windhoek
Naankuse Foundation Wildlife Sanctuary (sanctuary) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Windhoek
Namib Game Services (Herbert Henle) (dealer) Kept totally 15 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	15 relocated	0 deaths	Otjiwarongo (map)
Okambara Elephant Lodge (camp) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 9 present (5,4)	5 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Windhoek
Ovita Game Farm (private) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	2 deaths	Okahandja (map)
Port of Walvis Bay (seaport) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Walvis Bay Erongo Region
Tweekoppies Farm (farm) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Otjiwarongo (map)
Walter Schulz Co (dealer) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	8 relocated	2 deaths
Waterberg Plateau Park (wild) Kept totally 11 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	11 births	11 relocated	0 deaths	Otjiwarongo
Wolfgang Delfts (dealer) Kept totally 17 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	16 relocated	1 deaths	Windhoek (map) Khomas
Zoopark Okahandja (Walter Schulz) (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Okahandja Windhoek

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