Dear Reader,

“Cederberg Accommodate” is our Red Cederberg monthly newsletter. Our newsletters cover a variety of topics, written in the same way as we speak.  

Carrying Capacity

Recently I got a call from a friend who is a regular visitor to Bakkrans, with a strange request. He wanted me to write on my ideas about carrying capacity, which he wanted to use in a discussion group he was planning. Not the normal carrying capacity for animal stocking rates. No, it had to be about the carrying capacity for people, with Bakkrans and Cederberg tourism as an example. More bluntly put, the issues around over-population.

 
Dear Reader,

“Cederberg Accommodate” is our Red Cederberg monthly newsletter. Our newsletters cover a variety of topics, written in the same way as we speak.  

We recently sat around the fire at Bakkrans, telling Cederberg stories. I decided to share some with you.

Moonlight, Footpaths and Wolwe

By now many of you already know that a clear full-moon night at Bakkrans is a very special occasion. The clarity with which one can see the surrounding landscape into the great Karoo is extraordinary. Those of you who have walked in the moonlight along the 4x4 tracks to the viewpoint in the Akkedisberg Pass and back, will especially appreciate the following tale.

 
Dear Reader,

“Cederberg Accommodate” is our Red Cederberg monthly newsletter, which now also appears on our website. 

We cover a variety of topics ranging from Cederberg people, to conservation issues, research projects, community initiatives, Cederberg accommodation, events & happenings, and much more.  Our letters are always written in the same way as we speak and not from a scientific base, but rather as a reflection of how we daily observe nature and events around us.

We get lots of comments about our roads at Bakkrans. So, in this edition we tell you about our approach and methods for maintaining our 4x4 roads in the reserve.

 
Dear Reader,

“Cederberg Accommodate” is our Red Cederberg monthly newsletter, which will from now on also appear on our website.

We cover a variety of topics ranging from Cederberg people, to conservation issues, research projects, community initiatives, Cederberg accommodation, events & happenings, and much more. This letter is written in the same way as we speak and not from a scientific base, but rather as a reflection of how we daily observe nature and events around us.

In this edition we tell you about a few bird species at Bakkrans Reserve www.bakkrans.co.za. Bakkrans is part of the greater Rooi Cederberg Karoo Park, which is located in the Cederberg Succulent Karoo, a unique part of one of three very important bio-diversity hotspots in South Africa.