'Kulala' - to sleep, to rest, to feel the space and silence

Kulala Wilderness Reserve

In 1996 Wilderness Safaris set up an operation on land close to the spectacular Sossusvlei. As this locale had previously been used for subsistence goat farming, precious little indigenous wildlife remained. Yet after a removal programme of stock fences and exotic species, the wildlife slowly began to return. The area was then extended to adjoin the massive Namib Naukluft Park - and became the Kulala Wilderness Reserve.

Small Carnivore Research Project

With the creation of the Kulala Wilderness Reserve arose an opportunity to study and assess the rehabilitation of this 37,000 hectare area after years of intensive subsistence farming. The Small Carnivore Research Project began in 2000, when bat-eared fox were studied on the reserve as an indicator species for land rehabilitation, followed by studies on aardwolf, black-backed jackal, Cape fox and African wildcat.

This project is supported logistically by the Wilderness camps in the Kulala Wilderness Reserve.

Read more: Small Carnivore Research Project