The
Garden Route and Eastern Cape
offers a magnitude of Safari
Parks where you can enjoy and experience
a true Safari Game Drive and sightings
of the Big 5. Simply click on the Safari
Parks below to read more about
them.
-Karoo
National Park
Towards
late afternoon, the great, unyielding canopy slowly
softens its fierceness, and from pastel shades of
pink and blue, the colours deepen, setting the endless
Karoo canvas ablaze with glorious
hues of orange and red. The Great Karoo
is a vast and unforgiving landscape of which the
Karoo National Park
is but a small portion. Being the largest ecosystem
in South Africa, the Karoo
is home to a fascinating diversity of life, all
having adapted to survive in these harsh conditions.
Karoo National Park
is dominated by the lofty Nuweveld Mountains and
rolling plains, where many species that originally
occurred here now occupy their former ranges.
The
Karoo National Park
has a wide variety of endemic wildlife. Many species
have been relocated to their former ranges - such
as black rhino and buffalo, as well as Cape
mountain zebra. Over 20 breeding pairs of black
eagle find sanctuary within the park.
There
is also a wide diversity of succulent plants and
small reptiles.
Areas
Of Special Interest
The Klipspringer Mountain Pass not only provides
visitors with spectacular views, but the pass is
also an example of civil engineering toil and precision.
Things to Seek
Black Eagle – with around 20 pairs of these
eagles breeding, the park can lay claim to one of
the highest densities of this regal species in Africa
Tortoises – the park hosts 5 different species,
the highest density of species per equivalent area
anywhere in the world
Cape Mountain Zebra – this
species came close to extinction early in the 20th
Century. It is well established in the park
and visitors have the opportunity to compare its
bold stripe pattern to that of the “quagga”
strain
Springbok – the emblem of the park and present
in high numbers. This is a reminder of the once
massive herds that crossed the Karoo
on annual migration that could stretch for several
kilometres.
http://www.sanparks.org/parks/karoo/
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