Restoring South Africa’s third-largest protected area and reintroducing cheetah, black rhino, elephants and lions to the Great Karoo
Samara Karoo Reserve has pioneered the rewilding of the Great Karoo in South Africa for over a quarter of the century. Inspired by tales of the springbok migrations of yesteryear and motivated to reverse the damage wrought on the landscape through centuries of exploitation, Sarah and Mark Tompkins founded Samara in 1997.
Through habitat restoration and species reintroductions underpinned by research and supported by ecotourism, they have successfully restored 67,000 acres of land, reintroduced the first cheetah, black rhino, elephant and lion in over a century – and created the catalyst for the creation of South Africa’s third largest protected area covering three million acres.
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