ABOUT NAMIBIA
Namibia is in South West Africa, bordering on South Africa, Botswana, Angola and Zambia. There is a diverse range of animals native to Namibia, including elephants, rhinos, leopards, lions, hippos and cheetahs.
The climate ranges from desert to subtropical, and rainfall is scarce, limited mainly to the higher altitude areas inland. During the summer from December-April (which is also the wet season), several ephemeral rivers spring to life and form a central part of the ecosystem and are especially important to the desert adapted elephants.
Most of the work that EHRA does is concentrated in the North West region of Namibia, known as Damaraland. This is one of the areas of Namibia that is seeing an increase of wild Elephants returning to habitats that they have not lived in for hundreds of years.
Elephants moved out of that area due to heavy poaching in the 1970-1980 and only once the area was safe again in the 1990s, did some elephants return. However, in the meantime people have settled there, coming from Windhoek, not knowing how to live side-by-side with elephants.
EHRA base camp is located on the Ugab River, Northwest of Uis and Northeast of the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia’s tallest mountain.
EHRA's main office is located in Swakopmund and may be contacted via the contact us page.
