Mashi Conservancy
Mashi Conservancy
The name Mashi is derived from the name of a fruit tree, and is also an alternative name for the Kwando River, which borders the conservancy. It was registered in 2003 and covers 297 km2. There are 2,310 people in the densely populated area. Mashi is situated in north east Namibia’s Zambezi Region. The Kwando river and its floodplains lie to the west, with Kalahari woodlands to the east of the conservancy.
Wildlife includes lion, leopard, elephant, hippo, roan, sitatunga, cheetah, reedbuck, kudu, duiker, warthog, crocodile, bushbuck, lechwe, steenbok, hippo, tsessebe, interesting bird life and various fish species.
Income is derived from conservation and own-use hunting, crafts and tourism. Mashi has joint-venture tourism agreements with Camp Kwando and Namushasha Lodge, which are both situated on the picturesque Kwando River, which runs south from the Angolan border with Zambia before opening into a flood plain in Namibia.
Mashi
Wildlife sightings by participating lodges
All: Feb 2011 to Dec 2018
The sighting index represents the number of times a species was observed out of all the game drives and boat trips recorded. For example, if elephants were recorded on 4 out of 8 game drives in January the sighting index for that month would be 50%.
2018
The sighting index represents the number of times a species was observed out of all the game drives and boat trips recorded. For example, if elephants were recorded on 4 out of 8 game drives in January the sighting index for that month would be 50%.
2017
The sighting index represents the number of times a species was observed out of all the game drives and boat trips recorded. For example, if elephants were recorded on 4 out of 8 game drives in January the sighting index for that month would be 50%.
2016
The sighting index represents the number of times a species was observed out of all the game drives and boat trips recorded. For example, if elephants were recorded on 4 out of 8 game drives in January the sighting index for that month would be 50%.