About the World Heritage site First a Conservancy While many
people already know about the Richtersveld National Park, more
and more people are catching on about its equally large southern
neighbour, the Richtersveld Community Conservancy 10 years ago,
the historically disadvantaged people of the Richtersveld
united, reclaimed title to their traditional land, and set aside
this conservancy to be forever conserved for research and
tourism. It offers some of southern Africa's finest hiking, 4x4
driving, camping and cultural experiences. Now a World Heritage
site The Richtersveld Community Conservancy is also the last
refuge of Nama people living what is known as the transhumance
lifestyle - to migrate seasonally with their livestock from
mountains to the river and so make sustainable use of the
fragile succulent ecosystem. In recognition of this vanishing
lifestyle, and of the rare botanical diversity it helps protect,
the Conservancy has been declared the core of a new World
Heritage Site. Download the stateme