Emerging unexpectedly out of a uniform scrubland is a 200m gigantic orange rock with sheer sides and a flat top. It is what remains of the sandstone casing which once covered large portions of Namibia, and which has formed numerous other peculiar peaks in this region. Glowing gold in late afternoon sun, the Waterberg Plateau looks too tempting to drive past. The oldest rock stratum is 850 million years old and dinosaurs left their tracks here 200 million years ago.

The first human inhabitants were San people, who left rock engravings believed to be several thousand years old, and a small band of San were still living their traditional lifestyle on the plateau until the late 1960's.

It is sometimes referred to as the 'Lost Eden' because once up there, the animals of this lush tableland have no way down. It is as though time has stood still. It seems almost possible that a dinosaur could emerge from this unusual place, after all they once roamed the area and left a prehistoric legacy of several three-toed footprints not far from Waterberg. It is an impressive formation and was the venue for Namibia's first great struggle for freedom from colonialism - The Battle of Waterberg.