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REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT
Farm Gamkarab offers “Birding
on Horseback” as an activity
Photos and
text by Stefan Rust
2013
(In
terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these texts belongs to Stefan
Rust)
As truly Namibian farmers with a passion for their beautiful
farm and its nature, Charles and Yvette Dall registered with their camping
facility and farm as a bird and birder friendly establishment to enhance
sustainability and to preserve their bird life for themselves and for their
guests to enjoy.
Today the historic Farm Gamkarab, a Bushman word meaning
“Water Hole”, offers self-catering camping sites for guests, in earlier times the
farm hosted Bushman and Dorslandtrekkers.
As part of the various activities on offer, bird watchers
visiting Farm Gamkarab can participate on “Birding on horseback”. With this
exciting activity and new way of birding a big area can be covered and offers an
alternative to driving, considerably enhancing efficiency while reducing the
carbon footprint.
Bird and birder friendly campsite Bird friendly water place
For its sustainable birdlife management, Farm Gamkarab is
recognized as a bird & birder friendly setup. Mindful of the potential
dangers that water places could pose to birds and other wildlife and the
influence of man-made infrastructure, Charles and Yvette employ sustainable
bird habitat management practices and continue to benchmark their operations by
measuring and improving birdlife on the criteria of the different “penguin
ratings” as guidelines.
Charles & Yvette Dall with their two penguin rated Bird & Birder Friendly award
The results of this commitment to sustainability of
birdlife have been that Charles & Yvette Dall from Farm Gamkarab today got
rewarded with a two penguin rated Bird & Birder Friendly Award from bird
conservation and tourism (BirdsConTour). CONGRATULATIONS!
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