| South African Resort, Tswalu Kalahari
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| | fish, reptiles and vegetation.
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| Reserve, wins International Wildlife
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| | To preserve sound ecotourism practices
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| Conservation Awards for its commitment to
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| | and reduce the environmental impact of
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| ecotourism and ecosystem preservation.
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| | tourists, very low numbers of tourists
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| South Africa's Mystical Kalahari Desert
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| | are accommodated within the area.
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| is an ecotourism paradise that only
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| | Reserves guides are trained in minimal
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| decades ago was demolished by cattle and
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| | impact principles and they restrict their
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| farmers who inhabited the impoverished
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| | vehicular activities to areas of low
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| stretch of red svannah sands.
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| | impact, while guests are encouraged to
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| The Kalahari Desert is one of the premier
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| | partake in horse-back safaris and guided
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| wildlife destinations in Africa. The area
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| | walking trails so that they can feel the
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| had previously been farmed with little
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| | Kalahari sand between their toes and
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| regard for the environment, and as a
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| | explore the habitat rather than just
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| result, the very essence of the authentic
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| | chasing after big game.
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| Africa it once was had been almost
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| | Travelers may encounter the heard rare
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| completely destroyed. However, thanks to
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| | black rhinos that were relocated to
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| the destruction of dams, removal of
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| | Reserve in 1995. As recently as 1970, an
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| houses and fences and re-establishment of
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| | estimated 65,000 black rhinos could be
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| indigenous game such as cheetah and lion,
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| | found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. But
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| it is now on the road to resembling the
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| | in eastern Africa, 90 percent of them
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| real Africa that nature intended.
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| | were killed in the 1970s. Now there are
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| Unwanted plants have been removed and
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| | fewer than 2,500 left, in pockets in
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| rare wildlife and game has been brought
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| | Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia,
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| back.
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| | and Tanzania. There are now 27 black
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| As an environment that had largely been
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| | rhinos in the Kalahari reserve,
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| unnoticed in terms of socio-economic
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| | representing nearly a quarter of South
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| development, the communities within this
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| | Africa's total black rhino population.
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| region had been unfortunate in that they
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| | As the reserve protects and grows the
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| had not had the opportunity to benefit
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| | diversity of wildlife and through ongoing
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| from any formal education or schooling,
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| | conservation efforts, inventory of
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| nor had they been exposed to any social
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| | invertebrate species and animal numbers
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| welfare programs. As the area has become
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| | are continuously growing a habitat that
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| established within the environment, many
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| | is completely natural and restored to its
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| inhabitants are now employed by the
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| | own. With close to 350 varying species of
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| Reserves that provide ecotourism
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| | mammals, birds, reptiles and even frogs.
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| attractions to travelers. Not only do
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| | As research into the area continues, and
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| those employed benefit from this
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| | ongoing discoveries are made.
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| investment, so also do the people in the
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| | The development of the reserves
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| surrounding regions benefit form the
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| | ecotourism project to restore the
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| economic impact that tourism has on this
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| | conservation of the Kalahari region
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| development.
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| | relies heavily on successfully being able
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| The Kalahari Desert provides an
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| | to achieving these three principle goals:
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| attractive location for ecotourism as
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| | restoration of the natural environment
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| visitors are able to experience the
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| | to a pristine condition, re-establishment
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| unique spirit of the Kalahari Desert
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| | and protection of biological diversity
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| while also being exposed to the projects
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| | and maintaining the natural ecological
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| and ongoing commitments to 'restore the
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| | processes that is characteristic of the
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| Kalahari to itself'. There is an
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| | Kalahari environment. The Kalahari
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| overwhelming dedication to promote a
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| | Reserve aims to restore the ecological
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| culture of sustainable use and
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| | processes that define the Kalahari
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| conservation of South Africa's natural
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| | ecosystems and offer a safe haven to
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| heritage and supporting conservation
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| | endangered species while also providing
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| projects aim to foster the bio diversity
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| | habitat for the protection of the regions
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| of the county's mammals, birds, insects,
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| | unique bio-diversity.
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