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Environmental and conservation education are the key objectives of The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation. The nature reserve hosts children from across Botswana, some of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The fee-based activity and accommodation services offered to the public by Mokolodi Nature Reserve support the Foundation's charitable objectives, to present the children of Botswana with the opportunity to embrace the natural world and to promote the wider protection of Botswana's natural environment. |
Environmental and conservation education are the key objectives of The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation. The nature reserve hosts children from across Botswana, some of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The fee-based activity and accommodation services offered to the public by Mokolodi Nature Reserve support the Foundation's charitable objectives, to present the children of Botswana with the opportunity to embrace the natural world and to promote the wider protection of Botswana's natural environment. |
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The park contains many [https://www.kissfromtheworld.com/animals-travel-video/botswana/mokolodi/mokolodi-encountering-wildlife-part-ii-430.html species of wildlife] such as [[ |
The park contains many [https://www.kissfromtheworld.com/animals-travel-video/botswana/mokolodi/mokolodi-encountering-wildlife-part-ii-430.html species of wildlife] such as [[South African giraffe|giraffe]], [[Burchell's zebra|zebra]], [[southern white rhino]], [[mountain reedbuck]], [[red hartebeest]], [[gemsbok]],[[kudu]], [[impala]], [[waterbuck]], [[hippopotamus]], [[brown hyena]] and [[African leopard|leopard]]. Within the confines of the reserve are large separate enclosures housing [[Southeast African cheetah|cheetah]] and [[spotted hyena]] There is also a reptile park containing [[black mamba]], [[mozambique spitting cobra]] and [[snouted cobra]] amongst other species as well as an aviary with rescued [[white-backed vulture]] and [[cape vulture]] The park is developed as a game sanctuary with an extensive network of paths, which permits viewing the wild life at close quarters. The park administration is planning to expand its limits of conservation area up to the [[Lion Park]].<ref name=reserve>{{Cite web|url=http://www.botswanatourism.co.bw/attractions/mokolodi_nature_reserve.html|title=Mokolodi Nature Reserve|accessdate=7 April 2011|publisher=Official website of the Botswana Tourism Organisation|year=2006}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:48, 3 January 2020
| Mokolodi Nature Reserve | |
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| Location | Gaborone South |
| Coordinates | 24°44′36″S 25°47′56″E / 24.743294°S 25.798903°E |
| Established | 1994 by The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation, |
Mokolodi Nature Reserve is a private not-for-profit game reserve in southern Botswana. Founded in 1994 by The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation, it is situated on 30 km sq. of donated land 10 km south of the capital Gaborone. The nature reserve is inhabited by a wide variety of indigenous African game, bird and reptile species, some of which are rare and vulnerable to the threat of extinction. The southern white rhinoceros herd at Mokolodi Nature Reserve is part of a national breeding programme which contributes to the re-building of the national herd in Botswana.
Environmental and conservation education are the key objectives of The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation. The nature reserve hosts children from across Botswana, some of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The fee-based activity and accommodation services offered to the public by Mokolodi Nature Reserve support the Foundation's charitable objectives, to present the children of Botswana with the opportunity to embrace the natural world and to promote the wider protection of Botswana's natural environment.
The park contains many species of wildlife such as giraffe, zebra, southern white rhino, mountain reedbuck, red hartebeest, gemsbok,kudu, impala, waterbuck, hippopotamus, brown hyena and leopard. Within the confines of the reserve are large separate enclosures housing cheetah and spotted hyena There is also a reptile park containing black mamba, mozambique spitting cobra and snouted cobra amongst other species as well as an aviary with rescued white-backed vulture and cape vulture The park is developed as a game sanctuary with an extensive network of paths, which permits viewing the wild life at close quarters. The park administration is planning to expand its limits of conservation area up to the Lion Park.[1]
References
- ^ "Mokolodi Nature Reserve". Official website of the Botswana Tourism Organisation. 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
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