I was at Khoisan Karoo Conservancy in South Africa’s Northern Cape to see the Shy Five, a pentad of extraordinary creatures on the opposite end of the spectrum to the safari industry’s Big Five (leopard, lion, elephant, buffalo and rhino).
Khoisan Karoo Conservancy featured in The Daily Maverick
Posted on Mon October 17, 2022.
Angus Begg writes "Piet Cronje ‘PC’ Ferreira says that, after 28 years, his own transformation from farming only to a sustainable farming, conservation and tourism enterprise is complete. Now he’s working with some of the central Karoo’s most troubled municipalities and conservation organisations on an ambitious plan that goes way beyond re-establishing the area’s wildlife and fragile biodiversity."
Further Reading
BBC Wildlife feature by Zimbabwe-born Anton Crone is the editor of African Birdlife magazine
Wed June 5, 2024
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Diversity in Light – The Karoo
Tue September 22, 2020
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If you are in love with the outdoors and nature but can’t always get to places like the Greater Kruger, Kgalagadi, Botswana etc you need to find an affordable alternative to keep your photography skills fresh. Recently I was invited by P.C Ferreira to visit him on the Karoo Gariep Private Nature Reserve to see and learn more about his conservation and tourism initiatives. The Karoo is a semi-desert natural region of...
New Holme Karoo by Clive Prior
Tue September 22, 2020
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Cassia picked up on a 3 night package being offered by PC Ferreira’s New Holme Guest Farm in the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve near Hanover in the Karoo as a great opportunity to kick off an early celebration of Rob Kemp’s 80th birthday. The party consisted of Rob & Margs, Deon & Gill, Jean, Cassia and I. Rob and Margs had been in Johannesburg and would meet us there on the way...
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