Participate in Africa’s finest sustainable conservation initiative
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Lapalala Wilderness & Lapalala Custodianship Programme
Contact Peter Anderson, peter@awpsa.co.za +27 829002024 +27 116562041-
AN INVITATION
Like-minded individuals with a keen interest in conservation are invited to participate as custodians in this remarkable and exciting venture. Lapalala Wilderness will be the first off-grid, sustainable Big Five private protected area of its size. A large portion of the reserve will be maintained as a wilderness area free of man-made structures.
THE ECOLOGY
Some of the planet’s earliest sedimentary formations have been generous in Lapalala’s creation of breathtaking and diverse habitats; bountiful waters and waterfalls flow through 44km of Palala and Kgogong river landscape, elevated rocky outcrops look out over valleys, grassland plains and dotted woodland where wild animals have roamed for thousands of years.
A BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Lapalala’s vision and promise are to continue to protect and conserve its biodiversity, uplift its neighbouring communities and create a responsible and sustainable model to secure its conservation status into the future.
Duncan Parker, son of the late Dale Parker who with Clive Walker founded Lapalala in 1981, has partnered with Lapalala’s neighbour Gianni Ravazzotti.
Together with Peter Anderson of Anderson Wildlife Properties, a sensitive plan has been formulated so that the vision and legacy of Lapalala can be safeguarded for the future. A Lapalala Conservation Fund endowment will be combined with the breeding initiative to create an integrated sustainable model for Lapalala.
Custodian offering
The three main components of Lapalala’s custodianship offering are:
- 1. Free-hold title ownership of 1450 hectare of pristine land with the right to build a luxury 12-bed safari lodge.
- 2. Participation as a shareholder in the Lapalala Special Species Breeding Project.
- 3. Traversing rights in perpetuity over the entire 42 000 hectare reserve.
