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If you stay in Tsumeb as tourist or even pass through on your tour to the Etosha National Park, you would probably not realize that this town contains a huge lead-producing mine. Tsumeb is often called the garden city as it has countless trees. It owes its existence to the mining industry. Copper, zinc and lead are the main ores obtained here. Many animals inhabited this thick bush and attracted people to the area well before the white settlers arrived. Bushmen mined the copper and used it to barter for tobacco and meat.
Just north west of Tsumeb are two peculiarly deep and dark ‘bottomless’ lakes. They were formed when the roofs of vast underground taverns collapsed into an upside-down mushroom shape. The Otjikoto Lake, which is filled with clear water containing fish, and which came about through the collapse of a massive cave. The Ombili organization is another must for visitors, which is the organization responsible to ensure the continuation of the San (Bushman) people. Today there are only about 200 Bushmen left in Southern Africa. |
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