Richtersveld Transfrontier Park in South Africa
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As a UNESCO World heritage site, |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a National Park AND Transfrontier park I am sure you’ll want to visit. Desert, Boulders and a flowering season to make the best fashion houses in Italy jealous. Roads are really for 4×4 travel, so be prepared to see the park at its best. A unique facet of this park is that it is communally owned and managed.
The Nama people have live here and still construct their portable rush-mat homes. They use many of the plants for medicinal and traditional purposes and regularly move through the land searching for grazing pastures and seasonal migrations. With the agreement between Namibia and South Africa in 2003, the Transfrontier park became a cross border triumph that protected over 592 000ha of land. There are plans to extend the park all the way from south Africa, up along Namibia’s coast through to Angola which will create a superb environment for delicate eco-systems that are under threat.
People come to |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park for many things: The Flower displays, the 4×4 trails and the vast open landscapes where temperatures can reach up to 53deg C in the summer! There is also the 5 day, 200km Wild Run event that will take running to a whole new level.
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Details
| Contact Details | Telephone Number +27 (0)27 831 1506 Address South African National Parks |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park P.O. Box 406 Alexander Bay 8290 South Africa GPS: Main Gate: S 28° 07′ 514″ E 16° 53′ 496″ Website www.sanparks.com |
| Nearest Airport | Upington Airport, (UTN) (625km away) |
| Size of Park | 162 000 ha (Part of 592000ha) |
| Opened in | 2003 (1991) |
| Park Map | SANParks Richtersveld Map |
| Closest City/Town | Port Nolloth |
| Habitat | Desert |
| Average Temperature | Summer: Max: 35°C Min: 14°C Winter: Max: 18°C Min: 5°C |
| Average Rainfall | 40 mm |
| Common Animal Species | Hartmann’s Zebra, Duiker |
| Animal List | Bat-eared Fox, Caracal SANParks Richterveld Animal List |
| Bird List | Stork, Secretary Bird, Buzzard SANParks Richterveld Bird List |
| Unesco World Heritage Site | Yes |
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