ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park IUCN Category II - National Park
Fish River Canyon
location	Namibia South Africa
surface	6235 km²
WDPA ID	30851
Geographical location	27 ° 43 '  S , 17 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 27 ° 43 '7 "  S , 17 ° 34' 43"  E
Setup date	2003
administration	Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Namibia) South African National Parks (South Africa)

The ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (sometimes also referred to as ǃGarib Transfrontier Park ) is a transnational national park between Namibia and South Africa that has existed since August 1, 2003 . It consists of the formerly independent protected areas Richtersveld National Park and the area Ai-ǀAis hot springs / Hunsberge .

On August 1st, 2003 the presidents of Namibia and South Africa signed the contract for the new Peace Park , which is now 6235 km². It houses the second largest canyon in the world, the Fish River Canyon , which is 350 million years old. The park is divided by the Namibian-South African border river Oranje . This new national park is one of the Peace Parks in southern Africa , as it connects the regions across two national borders without barriers. The border crossing is a ferry connection at Sendelingsdrift .

ǀAi-ǀAis hot springs / Hunsberge

ǀAi-ǀAis hot springs / Hunsberge are the parts of the cross-border protected area that are located in Namibia. The 4611 square kilometer park is characterized by mostly flat, arid land, which istraversedby the Fish River Canyon , the second largest canyon on earth. The Hunsberge have also beenpart of the protected areasince 1998.

The thermal water resort ǀAi-ǀAis is also located here .

Richtersveld National Park

The Richtersveld National Park is the last "wild" national park in the far northwest of South Africa . The 1624 km² large park is enclosed in the north and east by the border river to Namibia , the Oranje , in the south of the national park is the Namaqualand with the cultural landscape Richtersveld , a UNESCO World Heritage .

nature

The nature in the national park is characterized by high mountains, deep gorges and extreme drought. Typical animal species are leopards , mountain zebras , baboons , springboks , klipspringers , roe deer antelopes , ibexes , smaller reptiles and various species of birds.

The park is most famous for its variety of succulent plants, many of which are endemic here.

history

The Richtersveld National Park was declared a nature reserve on August 16, 1991 . The contract assured the residents of the area, the Nama , that they would continue to carry out their previous activities including cattle breeding in the nature park.

This national park is connected to the Fish River Canyon and thus forms one of the 18 Peace Parks in central and southern Africa, which extend across national borders.

getting there

The best way to get here is by plane, as the journey from Cape Town ( Western Cape ) or Upington ( North Cape ) is very long. The park is an "insider tip" among nature lovers, South Africa connoisseurs and naturalists and is almost exclusively visited by them.

climate

The extreme climate is characterized by high temperatures, drought and high daily and seasonal fluctuations. In summer temperatures of over 50 ° C are measured. It is generally cooler at night; in winter it can get very cold with ground frost. The annual precipitation is between 5 and 200 mm.

photos

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  National park and world heritage site in the municipality of Richtersveld

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  Richtersveld National Park

annotation

1. ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .

Web links

Commons : ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• | Ai- | Ais / Richtersveld Transfrontier Park . National Park Administration website
• | Ai- | Ais / Richtersveld Transfrontier Park . Park administration brochure
• ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park . Peace Parks Foundation(English)
• Official information on the park in Namibia ( Memento from August 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

• Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park on peaceparks.org; Retrieved August 3, 2011
2. ↑ State of Protected Areas in Namibia - A review of progress and challenges. ( Memento of September 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.6 MB) MET, 2010, p. 122