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| Conservation |
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| At Paperbark Bush Retreat we hold the ideals of conservation and responsible travel to heart. We are proud to be "Carbon Neutral", generating our own electricity by solar power, routing river water for irrigation (and crucially return), and have a self-composting sewerage facility. |
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| The Paperbark Bush Retreat forms part of the Leutla Conservancy and the Staff actively participate in many research and conservation projects. Our guests are afforded the opportunity to accompany Staff and observe these activities if they wish, hopefully gaining an insight into real African conservation research. |
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| Current Projects |
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| Camera Trapping |
| Unique in Africa, this is probably our most popular activity. Enjoy the thrill and excitement of discovering which animals are moving around the Estate while we sleep. |
| Guests are invited to site motion-activated digital cameras (or cameratraps) throughout the Estate during the daylight hours, under the guidance of our experienced trackers. We then retrieve the cameras the following morning and gather around the laptop excitedly anticipating the results. Who knows - you may be the first to photograph the illusive black leopard! |
| All images and locations are logged by our Staff, added to the data base and are available to our guests as a complimentary gift. Camera trap leopard photos and/or others can be provided. |
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| Ingwe Leopard Project |
| The ILP is managed by zoologists of the Mpumulanga Tourism and Parks Board and forms part of the Leopard Forum for South Africa. |
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| Our Staff have been associated with the ILP from its inception and have contributed towards research into this most illusive of the big cats, monitoring leopard density and movement within the Conservancy, via tracking, camera traps and GPS collars. |
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| Guests are welcome to join our Staff in this research if they wish and, in addition, we are on occasion, able to join in with other off-site ILP activities, for example, the capture and release programme. Further information is available on request. |
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| Search for the Black Leopard |
| There have been many and frequent sightings of Black Leopards within the Leutla Conservancy since the late 1950's. |
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| However, although Black Leopards have been born in captivity, there are currently no known photographs sufficient to confirm their existence in wild Africa. |
| Along with several other agencies and sponsors, the Paper Bark Bush Retreat Staff have, for several years, been involved in tracking and camera trap expeditions in the hunt for what may be a sub-species. |
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Contact Us |
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PO Box 3065 - Lydenburg - 1120
South Africa |
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Main lodge +27 (0)13 235 2773
Cell: +27 (0)79 354 8538
info@paperbarkretreat.com |
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