GRAAFF-REINET NEWS - Time is running out for Graaff-Reinet residents who still want to visit the Camdeboo National Park for free.
South African National Parks (SANParks) has opened the 16th annual South African National Parks Week and it ends on 28 November 2021.
SANParks Acting Chief Executive Officer, Dumisani Dlamini says that under the established theme 'Know Your National Parks', the weeklong campaign encourages citizens through the #LiveYourWild campaign to visit a national park for free and be part of a worldwide campaign.
"SANParks is striving to provide all South Africans with equal opportunities and in line with our vision of 'a world-class system of sustainable national parks reconnecting and inspiring society,' we want to inspire people to take pride in and to enjoy their national parks while spending time in nature."
Free access will be granted to South African day visitors.
"This is also an effort to reach out and allow all citizens a chance to freely access something they might not have been exposed to and to start to understand the importance of conservation. The free access to the parks does not include accommodation or any commercial activities in the park.
"Kruger, Addo Elephant, Augrabies, Agulhas, Table Mountain and the Tsitsikamma section of Garden Route National Park will only have free access until Friday 26 November.
"This week is also an opportunity to showcase all the national parks as key and affordable local holiday destinations which offer unique experiences that families and individuals from all backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles and communities can enjoy."
"Due to the country still being on Alert Level 1 of the lockdown a quota system will apply in most of the national parks throughout the focus week. The public is therefore requested to continue to observe the Covid-19 protocols, which are sanitising, wearing of face masks and observing social distancing.
SANParks started this campaign in 2006 to encourage all South Africans, especially those from the communities around the parks, to share in what SANParks believes to be the pride and joy of all South Africans and the world.
Visit their website www.sanparks.org/about/events/parks_week/ for more information and follow #SANationalParksWeek and #LiveYourWild on social media, to join in the fun and discover all there is to do and see in our national parks.
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