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Tankwa Karoo National Park

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Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Phone:
+27 27 341 1927

Address:
R355, Calvinia, 8190, South Africa

Hours:
Sunday10am - 4pm
Monday7:30am - 5pm
Tuesday7:30am - 5pm
Wednesday7:30am - 5pm
Thursday7:30am - 5pm
Friday7:30am - 9pm
Saturday7:30am - 5pm


Tankwa Karoo National Park is a national park in South Africa. The park lies about 70 km due west of Sutherland near the border of the Northern Cape and Western Cape, in one of the most arid regions of South Africa, with areas receiving less than 100 mm of average annual precipitation, moisture-bearing clouds from the Atlantic Ocean being largely stopped by the Cederberg mountains. Other low areas receive little more, as the Roodewerf station with 180 mm of mean annual rainfall. In the hottest areas of the park, the mean maximum temperature in January is 38.9 °C, and in July the mean minimum temperature ranges from about 5 to 7 °C. Before this Park's proclamation, the only protected area of Succulent Karoo was the 2 square kilometre patch of the Gamkaberg Nature Reserve. Succulent Karoo has, together with the Cape Floral Kingdom, been declared a Biodiversity Hotspot by Conservation International. Tankwa's area has been increased from an initial 260 to 1436 km2. It is bounded on the east by the Roggeveld Mountains, on the west by the Cederberg, to the north by the Kouebokkeveld Mountains and on the south by the scattered foothills of the Koedoesberge and Klein Roggeveld Mountains, and the Tankwa River. The park's headquarters are located at Roodewerf . Distances from the nearest towns to the park's headquarters are: Ceres , Sutherland , Calvinia and Middelpos .In 1998 Conrad Strauss sold 280 km2 of sheep farm to the South African National Parks. The park has started the reintroduction of game that used to be found naturally in the area. Research was done beforehand to ensure that introduced animals would survive on the overgrazed veld. The vegetation in the park falls within the Succulent Karoo biome and has been described as very sparse shrubland and dwarf shrubland. Several unique succulent genera occur here, such as Tanquana, Braunsia and Didymaotus. The park is home to a large variety of birds , such as the black-headed canary, Ludwig's bustard, and the black-eared sparrow-lark. Peak birding season is August to October.
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