The Welgevonden Private Game Reserve is a malaria free reserve encompassing 34 200 in the Waterberg Plateau and comprises mountainous terrain that is dissected by deep valleys and kloofs. Flat plateaus characterize most hilltops, and altitude varies from 1080 m above sea level at the main entrance gate in the north of the reserve to 1800 m above sea level in the southern section of the reserve. The southwest boarder is shared with Marakele National Park and is a part of the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve declared by UNESCO in 2001.
The Waterberg region has a long history of human occupation and evidence of Middle Stone Age, Late Stone Age (San and Khoi Khoi) and Iron Age inhabitation has been found in the area, of which two rock painting sites also occur on Welgevonden
