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TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN - ‡KHOMANI SAN COMMUNITY 3.2 Tourism developments & activities The proposed developments and activities for the ‡Khomani San inside KTP are summarised in Table 19 below, and illustrated in maps throughout the following sections. Table 19: Proposed tourism developments and activities for the ‡Khomani San in the KTP. !Xaus Lodge Concession (existing) Southern Auob Concession (new) ‡Khomani San 4x4 Route & Bush Camp Concession (new) • Option 1: Expand current operation to a maximum of 24 rooms (48 beds) • Option 2: Only address current shortcomings in existing lodge (guide rooms, water supply, electricity supply) • Develop a 4x4 eco-trail and unserviced bush camp • High priority • Light footprint, upmarket lodge of 24 to 48 beds • Developed via a build operate transfer concession with a private partner • Very high priority • 4x4 eco-trail between Twee Rivieren and Mata Mata • At least 2 primitive bush camps • Developed and operated in partnership with an existing operator • Low priority Cultural Activities from Resorts & Camps (new) • Guided interpretative walks & other activities at resorts & camps in KTP • Developed and operated in partnership between ‡Khomani San, SANParks & private concessionaires • Preceded by guide training & entrepreneurial development • Medium priority Wilderness Leadership Trails (existing) • Formalisation of existing trails conducted by Wilderness Leadership School into a concession contract • High priority Heritage Centre (new) • New heritage centre at Twee Rivieren to show case heritage of the area • To be linked with World Heritage listing of area • Very high priority PAGE 38
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN - ‡KHOMANI SAN COMMUNITY 3.3 !Xaus Lodge Concession Location & description !Xaus Lodge is an existing concession situated near the boundary between the ‡Khomani San and Mier land within the Ae!Hai Kalahari Heritage Park, some 29km south of the Auob River (refer to Map 7) 1 . This operation is located within a 4,000ha concession area (referred to as the Management Area in the concession agreement). The lodge is a 12-room / 24-bed facility that was constructed and equipped by SANParks for the ‡Khomani San and Mier communities (through the public works department using poverty relief funding). !Xaus Lodge is operated under a management agreement with a private tourism company (Transfrontier Park Destinations – TPD), and management fees are paid by TPD to SANParks, the ‡Khomani San and Mier community in equal proportions. Rationale TPD started operations at !Xaus Lodge in 2007 and has achieved reasonable growth in bed occupancy during its first three years. Bed occupancy of 14% was achieved in 2007-8, 19% in 2008-9, and 30% so far in 2009-10, representing growth of 26% and 37% in years two and three. During the same period the market mix has changed significantly from being predominantly South African (54% in 2008) to being mainly foreign (69% in 2010) (Gray, pers. comm., 2010). This is in strong contrast to the SANParks products operated in the Park, which might demonstrate the attractiveness of this type of product in the area to the overseas market. The lodge is in a start-up phase (which typically lasts between three and five years) and has to date achieved limited yields in the way of concession revenue and other project benefits to the communities and SANParks. This may, to a large degree, be a result of the fact that the lodge is in its start-up phase but it has also revealed certain short-comings in the operating environment, the lodge, and the project itself, including: • not having guide rooms and thus having to accommodate guides in guest rooms; • poor ground water quality, which is also limited in quantity; • inefficient and environmental unfriendly electricity generation; • lack of scale, which is an obstacle to accommodating groups as well as accommodating over-flow in peak season; • limited activities on offer in the immediate vicinity; • distance of the lodge from the main game viewing areas in the Auob and Nossob Rivers; • distance of lodge from main access routes and the air strip at Twee Rivieren (which accounts for the limited number of fly-in guests); 1 In preparing Map 7 the !Xaus Lodge Management Area boundary stipulated in the concession agreement was used. Additionally, the original Ae!Hai Kalahari Heritage Park boundaries were used, as per the contract park agreement between the ‡Khomani San and Mier communities, and SANParks. During the course of this study it was reported that boundary changes had been made to ensure the Management Area is equally divided between the ‡Khomani San and Mier land in the park. PAGE 39
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