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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 131 programmes. The purpose has been to promote community-based tourism focused on the interesting and appealing culture and the extraordinary floral character of the area – particularly the annual flower display. Tourism is now blossoming in the Richtersveld. Several tourism-related initiatives have helped the Richtersveld, and the Conservancy in particular, find its place on South African’s tourism map. Tourism Information Centres (TICs), Museums and Facilities There are two TICs in the Conservancy area, located in the towns of Kuboes and Eksteenfontein. These TICs are strategically located on the western and south boundaries of the Conservancy, to assist visitors arriving from either side of the protected area. At each TIC, there is a tourism information officer who sells maps of the Conservancy, books accommodation for visitors in the Conservancy’s guesthouses and who in general assists visitors with orientation and plans for their stay in the Conservancy. There are also local crafts and textiles for sale at the TIC, which are produced by a local, women-run business. The tourism information officer also collects entrance and camping fees from visitors. In addition, information is distributed at the Rooiberg Guesthouse, located inside the Conservancy boundaries and which also serves to collect entrance and camping fees from people accessing the area from the East. Additional information centres can be found throughout the region which distribute information about the Conservancy and publicise the Conservancy’s accommodation, activities and general cultural and biological wonders. These include: • Diggers Camp Multipurpose Resource Centre and Guesthouse (Alexander Bay); • Multipurpose Resource Centre (Hondeklip Bay) • Port Nolloth Museum (Port Nolloth) • Arts and Crafts Centre (Steinkopf) • Richtersveld Municipality offices (Port Nolloth)
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 132 Shops are available in all of the towns in the Richtersveld, including Kuboes and Eksteenfontein which border the Conservancy. Petrol, although not available in Kuboes, Lekkersing or Eksteenfontein, is available in all of the other towns. Food can be catered for by any of the guesthouses. The Eksteenfontein Museum was recently established through the Richtersveld Heritage Project with support from a grant from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). It exhibits artefacts from the pastoral history of the Richtersveld people and has also recorded the oral history from the elder people of the Conservancy. There is also the Port Nolloth Museum which has very good exhibits and information on the greater Richtersveld region, including the Conservancy. Guesthouses There are numerous hotels, guesthouses and campsites (many community-owned and operated) in the greater Richtersveld. In Kuboes and Eksteenfontein, located on the edge of the Conservancy, there are two guesthouses catering for tourists and researchers. Kom Rus ‘n Bietjie Guesthouse and The Plantation offer accommodation and food and assist with excursions throughout the Conservancy. Within the Conservancy boundaries the Rooiberg Guesthouse is the only guesthouse thus far that has been permitted to be built by the Conservancy Management Committee. It also serves as an information centre. At Rooiberg, there is also the small Rooiberg Research Centre under development which will have information on the botanical aspects of the Conservancy with the small nursery and succulent garden exhibiting some of the Conservancy’s indigenous flora. The Research Centre will also host visiting scientists, researchers and students studying the area’s succulent plants. There are also plans to convert an old washhouse into a small observatory for stargazers. More information on the Conservancy guesthouses can be found at www.richtersveldguesthouses.co.za.
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