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This annual campaign under the established theme “Know Your National Parks” allows locals with valid identity documents an opportunity to spend a day at a national park of their choice at no cost whatsoever. Please keep in mind that free access to any of the national parks does not include accommodation and any commercial activities in the park such as guided game drives, for example.

While in the park, situated just outside Beaufort West, visitors will be able to make use of the picnic facilities at Bulkraal or Doornhoek, visit the Interpretive Centre and nursery, experience the Fossil Trail, enjoy the park”s tourist roads on a self-drive through the park, take to the park”s 4×4 routes or join a guided walk.

The idea of a national parks focus week is a world-wide campaign and was conceived in South Africa in 2006, after realising that a vast majority of South Africans were not accessing the national parks. The objective of the campaign is to cultivate a culture of pride in all South Africans in their relationship with the country”s natural, cultural and historical heritage. When people start to take pride in the national parks, then SANParks believes that they will start to understand the importance of conservation.

The annual South African National Parks Week has been made possible with support from First National Bank (FNB), who”s been on board since inception eight years ago. They were joined as a sponsor this year by Total South Africa.

SANParks encourages all South Africans and especially educators and school groups to diarise these dates and plan a visit to Mountain Zebra National Park. The survival of the South African national parks system and our natural and cultural heritage lies in the people of South Africa.

Community and school groups who would like to visit the Park during this time are requested to pre-arrange this with the People and Conservation Department by contacting Esna van Zyl or Jan Jacobs on (023) 415 2828.

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South African National Parks (SANParks) Frontier Region Communications

Media queries:
Fayroush Ludick
Regional Manager: Communications, South African National Parks
Cell: 082 888 0201
Email: [email protected]