TREKBOKKE

NKF’s long-term vision is to see one or more large tracts of land sewn together by fencing removal so that the quintessential Karoo ecological process of roaming springbok will again be allowed to function.

The Karoo was the scene of Africa’s largest migrations until 1896. The Trebokken – or Grand Migration of Springbok – remains South Africa’s biggest tourist attraction, historically and futuristically.

Researching the economic feasibility and ecological sustainability of reintroducing Springbok as the dominant herbivore of the Karoo is a focus for the NKF.

Already, tracts of land upwards from 20,000 hectares/50,000 acres have been opened for springbok & their associated plains game companions such as wildebeest & zebra.

Springbok and tourism are the fastest growing economy of the Karoo. The national favorite food (biltong) the national rugby team (Springboks) and the national coin (Krugerrand) are just three of the many reminders of how every South African has an entrenched nostaligia and awareness of South Africa’s national animal, the Springbok.

click here to download Chris Roche’s springbok write-up.

click here to download Philip Kiberd’s Trekbokke Exhibition.

click here to download Dr Francois Lategan's Springbok PhD.

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