Ai-Ais

A holiday resort with a hot mineral spring, in the bed of the Fish River. Meaning ‘fire-fire’ (very hot) in Nama language. 
Ai- Ais Hot Springs
•    Ai- Ais Hot Springs – the water temperature of this sulphurous hot springs is about 65 degrees C. One of these hot springs eye is within the resort. It dated back to about 1850 when it was discovered by a Nama herder searching for his lost sheep. The springs was proclaimed a national monument in 1964. During the Nama uprising of 1903-1907 the springs were used as a base camp by the German troops as a basecamp and again in 1915 by the SA troops.