Goal
The Rooiwal Community Property Association (R-CPA) Board aims to build adequate capacity to provide a broad range of services in botanical tourism, wildlife and bioprospecting with a key output to refurbish the lodge and create a botanical garden with an aviary and snake park.
Investment Range / ROI
ROI - 12% pa
Public or Private Sector
This is a Private Sector Opportunity
Investment Readiness
Environment & Social Impact
SDGs
Investment Opportunity at a Glance
Land Ownership and Governance
Land Size
5554 Hectares
Location
Northern Cape
Investment Opportunity Assessment
Bioprospecting
Core Operations
- Cultivation and Harvesting
Activities
- Essential oils processing facility.
Ecotourism
Core Operations
- Accommodation
Activities
Existing Lodge with 11 rooms - requires renovation.
Existing campsite with basic facilities.
Investment Opportunities
Investment Requirements
Value Proposition and Enablers
Business Operations
Ecotourism
Bioprospecting
Primary Customers
Active Business Entities
About this Opportunity
The site is a Protected Area in terms of the Protected Areas Act and is home to the richest bulb flora of any arid region in the world and more than 1,000 of its estimated 3,500 plant species are found nowhere else on earth. Traditional medicine may be derived from these species. Amphibians and reptiles are also well represented, along with several endemic species.
The property is strategically located within a Protected Area Expansion corridor that is planned between the Namaqua National Park and the Goegap Nature Reserve.
No economic activities are currently in operation and have not taken place since the ownership transfer was done in 2015.
Investment Opportunities include Game Ranching; Botanical Camp with Aviary and Snake Park; Essential Oils and Handicrafts; Lodge & Conference Centre and Bush Encroacher eradication.
The sustainable development of Namaqua is dependent on the land and natural ecosystem. The anchor business potential is in the wildlife economy, botanical eco-tourism and research, as well as bio-prospecting.
The San people of Rooiwal in Namaqualand, originally crop farmers, were displaced from their land with rich soils and good climate, to dry land on the mountains, where they were forced to learn how to live as livestock ranchers.
The land restitution process has restored land to the Rooiwal Community, albeit in a site far away from the cropping region from which their forefathers were originally displaced.
The land is now community-owned, with no land-related legal disputes, and is governed under clear legal structures.