Schoolkids on safari.
When I was 11 years old –in 1980 in the Netherlands- my teacher told us schoolkids that rhino’s would be extinct in 2000… and that only some would survive in special created nature parks, but not anymore in the wild. Big schock for us innocent school children! But then immediately the good news came: we were going on a schooltrip to the biggest nature park in the Netherlands –Safaripark the Beekse Bergen, 120 hectares- to see those rhino’s. In that special created safaripark we also saw lions, elpehants, giraffe, zebra, monkeys, leopard and much more. It was a great day to see al these special animals.
At home I told my parents, and my father showed me in his somewhat dated book –‘Africa and Asia’ pictures of the rhino, and other animals. Then I read about South-Africa and the Kruger park, which was then 2 million hectares big!
Crossborder conservation.
These days we speak of the Greater Kruger Park: the Kruger National Park together with the private nature reserves on the west,
Gonarezhou in Zimabwe –north- and the Limpopo park in Mozambique –east- of the Kruger park. An enourmous crossborder conservation area, which has become a safe haven for the animals. At least that is what we like to believe.
Gonarezhou in Zimabwe –north- and the Limpopo park in Mozambique –east- of the Kruger park. An enourmous crossborder conservation area, which has become a safe haven for the animals. At least that is what we like to believe.
