Showing posts with label Caprivi. Show all posts
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Monday, April 2, 2012

Rising Kavango River closes Lodges

RUNDU - Lodges situated along the Kavango River have temporarily halted business operations due to threatening floods.
Most of the lodges are either surrounded by water, flooding some of the infrastructure, while others are worried that the situation may become uncontrollable.
National water utility NamWater said last week that the water levels have reached 8.07 metres, sparking fears that floods will soon reach some of the town’s accommodation facilities, especially those situated along the river banks.
The Sarasungu and Hakusembe River Lodges have already suspended operations, as roads leading to the lodges are flooded.
Currently all bookings are cancelled and tourists are referred to other accommodation facilities at Rundu.
Meanwhile, other lodges have sought alternatives to lessen the impact of floods on their businesses.
The Operations Manager at the Nkwazi Lodge, Peter Peypers, said they had started filling up the premises with sand since last November.
Peypers explained that all 13 rooms, the dining area and the bar are above the water level and only the camping site is affected.
He further pointed out that although it is a low season for tourists, those visiting the lodge are ferried in by boat.
Derived from: New Era

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The worlds largest Conservation area

WINDHOEK – The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is situated in the Kavango-Zambezi river basins where the borders of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe converge.
KAZA area, which spans over 444,000 square km, is the world’s largest international conservation area and is about the size of Sweden.
It will include 36 proclaimed protected areas such as national parks, game reserves, forest reserves, community conservancies and game/wildlife management areas.
The most notable features include the Okavango Delta, which is the largest Ramsar Site in the world and the Victoria Falls, a World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Under the geographical scope of the KAZA TFCA fall Angola’s Luiana Partial Reserve, Mavinga Partial Reserve, Longa-Mavinga Hunting Area, Luengue Hunting Area, Luiana Hunting Area and Mucusso Hunting Area.
In Botswana, the Okavango Delta, including Moremi Game Reserve, the Chobe-Linyanti River System, including Chobe National Park and Makgadigadi Nxai National Park, is part of the KAZA TFCA.
The Bwabwata, Mudumu, Mamili (Nkasa Lupala), Khaudum, Mangetti National Parks, Caprivi State Forest and conservancies and community forests between and around these protected areas, also form part of the conservation area.
The Zambian area of KAZA includes Kafue National Park, Sioma-Ngwezi National Park, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park and their adjoining game management areas, forest reserves, heritage sites and open areas of Kalomo, Kazungula and Shesheke districts.
Zimbabwe boasts the highest number of protected areas in KAZA, such as the Hwange National Park, Zambezi National Park, Victoria Falls National Park, Kazuma Pan National Park, Chizarira National Park, Matusadona National Park, Matetsi, Deka, Chete Chirisa and Charara Safari areas.
This includes Bembesi, Fuller, Gwayi, Kazuma, Mzola, Ngamo, Panda Masuwe, Sijarira and Sikumi forests, incorporating Hwange, Tsholotsho, Bulilima, Binga, Gokwe, Nyaminyami and Hurungwe communal lands, as well as privately held state land and conservancies extending eastwards to Lake Kariba Recreational Park and Kariba town.
KAZA lies on migration routes of several big game and Red Data Book animal species, making it a wilderness of global biological significance.
The area is home to the largest contiguous elephant population in the world, estimated at approximately 250 000.
With some of its parts still relatively undisturbed by human activity and a surprisingly high number of species recorded in the miombo woodlands, it is anticipated that KAZA will play a valuable role in the conservation of biodiversity not covered elsewhere in Africa.
The area is also expected to make a significant contribution towards the conservation of such threatened species as the African wild dog, the wattled crane, the Nile crocodile and the cheetah.
Derived from New Era (22.03.2012)