Strange bedfellows in the Richtersveld

The Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, tucked into the farnorthwest of South Africa’s Northern Cape, must be SANParks’ strangest park.Yes, even stranger than the Golden Gate Highlands (which has a public roadrunning through it) or Addo (which comprises disconnected parcels ofland – at least for now). What, then,is so weird about the Richtersveld?

Well,inside the boundaries ofthis conservation area you’ll find both Nama herders grazing their flocks andhighly visible diamond mining operations...