jpr9954
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- South Africa
Why do I get the feeling that hunting is not permitted on this private game reserve? It does seem a shame.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-...p2htjzjj7mx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
From the article:
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve was founded in 1995 when the English entrepreneur and conservationist Stephen Boler purchased 28 cattle and sheep farms and set about repopulating the land with wildlife. After Boler’s death, the reserve was acquired and then expanded by the Oppenheimer family, whose forefathers founded the global mining company Anglo American and long controlled most of South Africa’s diamond industry through stakes and leadership in De Beers. (The family sold its stakes in De Beers in 2012 and now owns Oppenheimer Generations, a collection of businesses and nonprofits.) “From an ecological perspective, it’s returning the Kalahari to itself,” says Jonathan Oppenheimer, a great-grandson of Anglo American’s founder and a board member and owner of Tswalu.
To pay for the reserve’s conservation model, the family looked to high-end tourism and developed two properties. First, Tarkuni, the Oppenheimers’ former vacation home, and then Motse, a luxury stone-and-thatch camp with nine spacious suites. (Prices range from $1,300 to $1,800 per person per night.) Guests spend their days on game drives scouring for lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, black and white rhinos, meerkats and, if they’re lucky, pangolin and aardvark. In the evenings, they can sample elevated local dishes at acclaimed chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s Restaurant Klein Jan. There’s horseback riding, visits to ancient rock art sites, guided walks and excursions to interact with the meerkat colonies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-...p2htjzjj7mx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
From the article:
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve was founded in 1995 when the English entrepreneur and conservationist Stephen Boler purchased 28 cattle and sheep farms and set about repopulating the land with wildlife. After Boler’s death, the reserve was acquired and then expanded by the Oppenheimer family, whose forefathers founded the global mining company Anglo American and long controlled most of South Africa’s diamond industry through stakes and leadership in De Beers. (The family sold its stakes in De Beers in 2012 and now owns Oppenheimer Generations, a collection of businesses and nonprofits.) “From an ecological perspective, it’s returning the Kalahari to itself,” says Jonathan Oppenheimer, a great-grandson of Anglo American’s founder and a board member and owner of Tswalu.
To pay for the reserve’s conservation model, the family looked to high-end tourism and developed two properties. First, Tarkuni, the Oppenheimers’ former vacation home, and then Motse, a luxury stone-and-thatch camp with nine spacious suites. (Prices range from $1,300 to $1,800 per person per night.) Guests spend their days on game drives scouring for lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, black and white rhinos, meerkats and, if they’re lucky, pangolin and aardvark. In the evenings, they can sample elevated local dishes at acclaimed chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s Restaurant Klein Jan. There’s horseback riding, visits to ancient rock art sites, guided walks and excursions to interact with the meerkat colonies.
