Tsaobis Leopard Park is a private reserve in central

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

, located south of Omaruru and east of

Swakopmund Swakopmund (german: Mouth of the Swakop) is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and covers ...

. It was established in 1969 and covers an area of 2349 square kilometers. After gaining Namibian independence, the park was opened as a tourist farm. In the period from 1958 to 1972,

pegmatite A pegmatite is an igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than and sometimes greater than . Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, having a similar silicic com ...

was excavated here, from the processing of which the known minerals, aquamarine, tourmaline and heliodor, were derived.

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Nature reserves in Namibia 1969 establishments in South West Africa Buildings and structures in Erongo Region {{Namibia-geo-stub