Wuparo Conservancy
Wuparo Conservancy
Wuparo means "life" in the local language, Siyeyi. Wuparo conservancy was registered in 1999 and covers only 148 km2. There are 1,076 people in the conservancy which is situated in north east Namibia’s Zambezi region at the south of the Zambezi (formerly Caprivi) triangle.
Wuparo borders the Nkasa Rupara National Park to the south, which is adjacent to Botswana. Mudumu National Park is to the north and wildlife crosses the conservancy between the parks. It includes: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, roan, tsessebe, sitatunga, kudu, duiker, reedbuck, blue wildebeest, warthog. About 30 waterbuck were translocated into the conservancy in 2013 and this species is now abundant. Red lechwe was near threatened in the area due to previous unsustainable hunting, but since the formation of the conservancy the numbers are increasing.
Situated on waters from the Linyanti River, the landscape was originally a floodplain, but is now a mosaic of woodland and grassland. Livestock and crop farming are the main livelihood activities in the area.
Income is derived from conservation hunting and tourism. There is a community campsite called Rupara, and the conservancy has two joint venture agreements, one with Nkasa Lupala Tented Lodge and a second with Jackalberry Tented Camp. The current benefits to the community from the conservancy include the provision of electricity, water points and kindergartens.
Wuparo
Wildlife sightings by participating lodges
All: Oct 2011 to Dec 2019
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%.
2019
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%.
2015
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%.
2014
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%.
2013
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%.
2012
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%.
2011
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%.