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I have a dream that perhaps one day the last few truly wild elephants hiding in the Garden of Eden, a forested region along the southern coastal area of Africa, may once again connect with their kin in the Addo Elephant National Park. You can be part of that dream by investing in the planets most biodiverse conservation
corridor connecting Eden to Addo.
Joan Berning | CEO
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THE VISION | to link three mega-reserves, namely the Garden Route National Park (EDEN), The Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site and the Addo Elephant National Park by means of natural
corridors to protect and restore the integrity of bio-diversity and eco-system functioning.
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
Corridors linking protected areas between Eden and Addo
Leopard spoorKnysna Elephant, Loxodonta Africana, pictured in the Garden of Eden
Knysna Elephant
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CORRIDOR COORDINATORCorridors are parcels of land connecting protected areas
owned by private individuals. Where willing landowners and critical biodiversity overlap there is an opportunity to declare
a conservancy, protected environment or nature reserve. An environmental management plan is prepared to protect
and restore the biodiversity , audited every year. A corridor coordinator facilitates the activities in remote, wild areas.
Help us fund the Corridor Coordinator.
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
Robberg Coastal Corridor
Harveya hyobanchoides
Psoralea vanberkelae, a new species found and now protected on the Robberg Coastal Corridor
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Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site
Greater Doublecollared Sunbird on a Protea Neriifolia
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Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
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DRIVING THROUGH WILDERNESS AREAS• The distances are long
• The roads are often tracks • Which we measure, not in kilometres, but in time
• Sometimes as the crow flies 20km, driving time 2 hours• Some areas are inaccessible by foot or by car
• The Corridor Coordinator requires a good vehicle• To reach the landowners to discuss protecting
• The biodiversity on their land• Help us fund our vehicles.
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
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BANKING BIODIVERSITY• Own an acre of Africa
• Buy a portion of the Eden to Addo Corridor • A refuge for a myriad of species
• Protect the ancient cycad, the hunted leopard• The wild places
• Invest in biodiversity – they don’t make it anymore• Over 400km connecting Eden to Addo
• On ancient elephant trails• The planets most bio diverse corridor
King Protea, Protea cynaroides
Red Hartebees
Reed Frog
Kouga Mountains Skilderkrantz Corridor
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Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
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BANKING BIODIVERSITY | LANGKLOOF CORRIDOR• Be part of the The Greater Baviaanskloof Planning Domain • Stretching into the Kouga Mountains• Endless vistas• Silence• Over 12000 species• Be part of the Langkloof Corridor• Connecting the Formosa Nature Reserve to the Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site• Five of seven biomes,• Fynbos, Forest, Succulant Karoo, Nama Karoo and Su-tropical thicket
Imagine herds of buffaloBlack Rhino
They are slowly coming backTo the Baviaans World Heritage Site
Planning Domain
Fynbos flowers of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, a World Heritage Site
Properties for sale in the Langkloof Suuranys Corridor
Cycad, a living fossil dating back to the dinosaur time, Skilderkrantz Corridor
Skilderkrantz Corridor linking Formosa Nature Reserve to Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site
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Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
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BANKING BIODIVERSITY SPRINGBOKVLAKTE
Endless open spacesWith vygies and gwarries
Where Herds of SpringbokOnce crossed for days
Springbokvlakte Corridor linking Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site with the Addo Elephant National Park
Springbok antelope
Euphorbia
The Cockscomb, Groot Winterhoek Mountain Range
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Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
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EDEN TO ADDO 400KM GREAT CORRIDOR HIKE• September every year
• Only 25 hikers walk from the Garden of Eden • Where South Africas last truly wild elephants still roam free
• 400 km, to Addo Elephant National Park• Wide open spaces, flowering fynbos with its 9000 species
• Forests, succulent Karoo and sub tropical thicket• 7 mountain ridges and countless rivers
• Side stepping rhino and buffalo here and there• At night you arrive to a warm meal cooked on the fire
• And sleep in a tent safari style
Camping in the Kouga
Rooihoek, Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site
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Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
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Eden to Addo Great Corridor Hike 400km from the Garden of Eden to Addo Elephant National Park, a pilgrimage to biodivirsity.
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
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Robberg Coastal Corridor
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
EDEN TO ADDO CORRIDOR4 DAY GARDEN ROUTE SECTION HIKE
• Walk on paths where the Knysna Elephants sometimes tread• Past Yellowwoods, Hard Pear and Saffron
• As you meander to the Robberg Coastal Corridor• Where man harvested shellfish and made stone tools 164,000 years ago
• Drink in fresh forest air and then the salty coastal breeze• Our guides will take good care of you, put up your tents
• And feed you local fare
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Crossing the Kouga River.
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
EDEN TO ADDO CORRIDOR4 DAY BAVIAANSKLOOF SECTION HIKE• Crossing the Kouga Mountains• The vistas are of endless ridges• You are walking on top of the world • Then drop into the Baviaanskloof• A true wilderness area, a jewel• No fences to hinder the free roaming species
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EDEN TO ADDO TRAILS AND TALKS6 DAYS• Experience three sections of the Great Corridor• Fynbos, forest and thicket• Robberg Coastal Corridor, The Garden of Eden and the Baviaanskloof• With expert guides and conservationists in their field• Spooring, birding, and the night sky• Discussion on major ecological challenges and environmental sustainibility
Robberg Coastal Corridor
Baviaanskloof
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WILD CORRIDOR MTB5 DAYS• Raise funds for Eden to Addo• MTB from Addo to Eden• Ride with our team • Wear the Eden to Addo unique cycling top• 400km in 5 days• 9652 meters climbing, 10124 meters decent
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LUNCHBOX ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Its thrilling, its exciting when the actors come to town
To tell the stories of leopards, elephants and dung beetles
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
Of tortoises that can’t walk backwards and get stuck in the fencesThe play “ The Great Corridor Adventure”, explains how all things are connectedBees, apple trees and healthy honey bush tea
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“Calling the Herd”
The Griqua community singers
Strijdom van der Merwe Simon Max Bannister
LANDART EXHIBITION ROUTE• Along the length of the Eden to Addo Corridor
• A LandArt Exhibition Route• The first of its kind linking art, community and ecology
•The first piece, three stone elephants, Aartmoeders,• created by Simon Max Bannister, May 2011,
with assistance from Griqua stone masons• To celebrate Eden to Addo's Robberg Coastal Corridor
• And to celebrate the Keurbooms River Corridor, “ Calling the Herd” by world renowned
land artist Strijdom van der Merwe”
The Aartmoeders Landart piece, created by Simon Max Bannister
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
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Ring barking Pine trees
Wattle tree infestation
Introduction of Bio-control
Al l photographs are taken in the f ie ld - with grateful thanks to the Great Corridor Hikers and fr iends
For deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
ALIEN VEGETATIONThe mountains bordering the Garden of Eden and the rivers throughout the Eden to Addo Corridor are infested with alien trees, wattle, origin Australia, and pines. Sometimes they are wall to wall as pictured here. Eden to Addo has released some bio-control but it's too slow to release the water from the rivers for the growing population. The application to raise funds from the Green Trust ( R 3 000 000.00 ) the Department of Environmental Affairs ( R 4 000 000.00 ) and TMF (R 600 000.00) was successful as a result of private individuals funding the operational costs ( R 370 000.00 ). To date 450 ha has been cleared releasing an annual amount of 653,568 cubic meters of water into the Keurbooms River. Streams that have not had water in them for years are flowing again! The alien vegetation by product, bio-char, produced by Pam Booth’s project has been successfully tested in informal settlements. A hole is dug, rubble, biochar and soil added, a tree planted and grey water led to the hole. The trees flourish and utilises atmospheric carbon in the process, the carbon from alien vegetation is buried rather than being released in the atmosphere and grey water is removed from streets where children play.
Alien pine tree infestation in the Keurbooms corridoor
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Halszka Covarr
Myles Mander
Herman Nieuwoudt
Rhian Berning
Ian Michler
DIRECTORS, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
Dr Robbie Robinson, Chairman
Phumsile Sonjani
Diarmuid Baigrie
Sue Swain
Pam Booth
Joan Berning, Ceo
INVEST IN BIODIVERSITY - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROTECTION OF THE MOST BIODIVERSE CORRIDOR ON THE PLANET, THE EDEN TO ADDO CORRIDOR, AND TO THE DREAM OF THE EDEN ELEPHANTS MIGRATING TO ADDO ONCE MORE.
MAKE A MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION: Email the amount and your banking details to [email protected]
BANKING BIODIVERSITY: Invest in wild land - buy a piece of the Great Corridor and we will declare it a Protected
Environment or Private Nature Reserve for you.
APPLY FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FUNDRAISERS: 400km Eden to Addo Great Corridor Hike 20 days September
Eden to Addo Garden Route Section Hike 4 days January
Eden to Addo Baviaanskloof Section Hike 4 days May
Eden to Addo Trails and Talks 6 days October, May
Wild Corridor MTB 5 days October
The Cape Town Cycle Tour ( The Argus ) 1 day March
A talk on the ecological challenges of the day 1 hour All yearFor deta i led documentat ion contact [email protected]
