On the edge of the mysterious desert wilderness in the Kalahari that was once packed with fortune hunters searching for diamonds a new gem in the tourism industry has emerged. The Diamond Route is one of the many manifestations of a well known family’s long history of passion and action towards environmental conservation issues and tourism.Originally this route formed part of an idea of two prominent South African families to link nine properties by focussing on tourism and the niche birding market. People were recruited from the local communities and provided with specialist bird guide training. In varying degrees this project was succesful in bringing publicity and visitors to each of the different sites on the route. It became apparent that the diverse assets of these properties went well beyond birding. And so evolved the Diamond Route, freed of the limiting constraints of a birding focus and geared to the full range of possibilities from culture and history to all aspects of the natural environment.Mopane woodland, riverine forest, savannah plains, highveld grasslands and riverine bush is just some of the diverse set of habitat that covers this area. Added to this are the historic gardens of Brenthurst, the Namaqualand Diamond […]

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