NamibRand Nature Reserve

Mountain Zebra set against the backdrop of Gorasis and Chowagasberg

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The Namib Rand Nature Reserve (English Namib Rand Nature Reserve ) is 202,200 hectares ( 2022 square kilometers) of one of the largest private nature reserves in Africa. It is located about 60 kilometers south of the Sesriem Canyon and extends along the eastern boundary of the Namib Naukluft Park.

The park with its dunes, mountains ( Losberg, 1976 meters above sea level) and Kalkebenen is home for Hartmann's mountain zebra, hartebeest, springbok, gemsbok, leopard, giraffe, spotted hyena and bat-eared foxes.

In addition, fairy circles are on the premises to be admired.

Genesis

Owes its existence to this desert paradise for an ecological irrationality of former residents and farmers on the other, the idealism of Windhoek businessman. The farmers had thus brought the area through intensive management ( grazing and hunting ) from the ecological balance that the farms generated no income. J. A. Bruckner began in 1984 with the purchase of farms Gorrasis, The Duine, Stellarine and Wolwedans. He left the pasture fences tear down, moved to local game and gave the country time to recover. The financial cost associated let himself be hindered by the establishment of exclusive accommodations, like the Wolwedans Dune Lodge Lodge or the Wolwedans Dune Camp in limits. The Lodge operation could be significantly expanded over the years, as the unique location, the colors of the desert landscape and the rest were spread very quickly among the tourists. 2012 was the park through the connection with the farms Springbokvlakte and Saffier and thus additional 30'000ha, its present size.