[3] The name Hardap is derived from the Nama word meaning 'nipple' or 'wart', in reference to the surrounding landscape of low conical shaped hills.

Common mammals are kudu, oryx, springbok, steenbok, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, red hartebeest and ostrich.

[3] Nearly 300 bird species are found here, including Yellow-billed stork, Osprey, African fish eagle, Goliath heron, Bradfield's swift and Stark's lark.

Accommodation was upgraded during a four-year, N$40 million renovation period, and the resort reopened on 1 December 2015.

Invasive plants such as Datura inoxa, Nicotiana glauca and Prosopis glandulosa are a key environmental issue.