2005/2006 - SANParks

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2005South African National ParksGRASSLAND/NORTHERN CLUSTERGOLDEN GATE HIGHLANDSOVERVIEWThe current size of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park (GGHNP) is12 000ha with a projected 34 000 ha once the park has been consolidatedafter the incorporation of the Qwa-Qwa Provincial Reserve. It is envisagedthat management of the Qwa-Qwa Provincial Reserve will be transferredto SANParks during the 2006/2007 fi nancial year.The eight luxury units at the new 24-bed Mountain Retreat rest camp areon the reservation system and have been made available to the publicsince September 2005.The 24 economy units at the new Qwa-Qwa Rest Camp are fullyfurnished and fi tted out. It is envisaged that this authentic Basotho stylerest camp will become operational shortly after the Qwa-Qwa ProvincialReserve amalgamation is completed. The new Qwa-Qwa rest camp isassociated with the well-known living cultural museum, the BasothoCultural Village.Both entrance gates to the park are completed and will be managedas control points to the park as soon as the Qwa-Qwa amalgamation iscompleted. User data is already collected at the two gates.Good progress has been made in activities relating to the MalotiDrakensberg Transfrontier Project (MDTP) between Lesotho and SouthAfrica, of which GGHNP forms an integral part. SANParks continuedits participation in MDTP and, as one of the four implementing agentsfor the MDTP in South Africa, is also represented on the SA ProjectCoordination Committee (PCC).The PCC has been constituted to oversee the various activities of theSA Project Coordination Unit, including those activities associated withthe Project Implementation Plan in South Africa. As part of the MDTP,SANParks is also intricately involved in the bio-regional planning process.SANParks is also represented on the Bilateral Steering Committee betweenLesotho and South Africa and as such provides direction to the MDTP.Good progress was made with regards to the development of anIntegrated Park Management Plan (IPMP) during a four-day stakeholdersworkshop that resulted in pinning down the desired state for the parkby an average of 60 participants per day. This workshop also initiated aprocess to establish a representative Park Forum. A Terms of Referencefor the Park Forum was adopted and candidates for seven of the nineportfolios were presented for consideration and approval.A two-day workshop to start the process of formulating Thresholds ofPotential Concern (TPCs) for the park’s desired state also took place. The78
2006South African National ParksIPMP will be completed for public input and submission to the Ministerduring the next fi nancial year.TOURISMVisitor numbers in general are up by 14.77 % for the year, although theEaster weekend, one of the peak periods in the park, fell outside thefi nancial year. While the entrance gates to the park remain non-operational,it is not possible to determine the number of day visitors to the park asnot all day visitors take out day permits at Glen Reenen.Occupancies are up by 5.89 % and 8.9 % respectively for the yearcompared to the previous year, all of which indicates that the upgradedand expanded Glen Reenen rest camp and the new Highlands MountainRetreat are well received and utilised by visitors to the park. As a resultthe tourism income is up by 44,1% from the previous year due to morebeds that are available in the upgraded and expanded Glen Reenen restcamp and the new Highlands Mountain Retreat that has been operationalsince 1 September 2005.The camping area at Glen Reenen rest camp is in urgent need of anupgrade and major maintenance. This will be addressed in the newfi nancial year.The Protea Hotel Golden Gate is outsourced to Faranani Consortium andmanaged by the Protea Group of Hotels. The feasibility and sustainabilityof this lease agreement is been looked at. The shop at Glen Reenen restcamp and the staff shop at Thabong were taken back from the sameoutsource lease agreement before the December holiday season andis now again managed by SANParks.CONSERVATIONThe 884.3mm rainfall for the year is 17% higher than the long-termaverage and the condition of veld is very good. Generally the wildlifeis also in a very good condition due to the good condition of the veld.The Little Caledon River and Ribbokspruit are fl owing, although it wasstagnant during December 2005.The park did not experience the extreme minimum temperatures that theEastern Free State is so well-known for with an absolute minimum forthe year of only -5.5°C that was measured in June 2005. An absolutemaximum for the year of 30.1°C was measured in November 2005.No comparable game count fi gures exist for the previous year becauseno aerial game census was conducted. Due to the fact that game captureoperations in GGHNP also involves the Qwa-Qwa Provincial Reserve, itwas decided to put any game capture operation on hold until the Qwa-Qwa Provincial Reserve amalgamation has been completed.79
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