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SA Ramsar
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2014
All videos being produced as part of the SA Ramsar project, are loaded onto this "SA Ramsar" channel. The goal of the project is to visit all the Ramsar wetlands in Southern Africa and to promote it as potential eco-tourism destinations.
For more information about the project, visit www.saramsar.com
The videos were filmed, edited and produced by LensTracks. Visit TH-cam.com/@LensTracks
For more information about the project, visit www.saramsar.com
The videos were filmed, edited and produced by LensTracks. Visit TH-cam.com/@LensTracks
Bot-Kleinmond Estuarine System
The Bot-Kleinmond Estuarine System was ranked in the Top 10 Most Important Estuaries in South Africa due to its size, habitat importance, zonal type rarity and biodiversity. With all its natural attractions, excellent location, well developed surroundings and a surplus of outdoor activities, this is a Ramsar wetland well suited for tourism.
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SA Ramsar - overview of 28 wetlands
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This video presents a short overview of 28 different Ramsar wetlands in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia.
Nylsvley summertime
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Nylsvley Nature Reserve is a Ramsar wetland near Modimolle in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Good summer rains painted it in a natural splendour of lush, green bushveld. This video is an aerial view of some of the main features at Nylsvley.
SA Ramsar - Sandwich Harbour
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Sandwich Harbour is a natural tidal lagoon, squeezed between dunes from the Namib desert and the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean, 55 kilometers south of Walvisbay in Namibia, inside the Namib-Naukluft National Park. The large, shallow lagoon is surrounded by sand dunes up to 100 meters high, and is only accessible by 4x4 vehicles when tides and general wave conditions allow.
SA Ramsar - Walvis Bay
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Walvis Bay is Namibia's only sea harbour. With its lagoon, peninsula and saltworks that attract thousands of birds, especially flamingos, Walvis Bay was declared a wetland of international importance and became one of Namibia's first Ramsar wetlands. It is a modern, busy harbour town that offers tourists many attractions.
SA Ramsar - Etosha Pan
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With dimensions of 100km in length and 50km wide, Etosha is the largest salt pan in Africa. It is situated inside Etosha National Park in the north of Namibia. Although rain is sporadic and little, the pan attracts an amazing diversity and numbers of wildlife and birds, making this one of the most popular tourist destinations in Namibia.
SA Ramsar - Bwabwata Okavango
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Bwabwata Okavango is Namibia's 5th Ramsar wetland, just upstream from the Okavango Delta in Botswana. It offers magnificent wildlife with spectacular accommodation options.
SA Ramsar - Okavango Delta
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The Okavango Delta is Botswana's only Ramsar wetland. Covering an area of more than 5.5 million hectares, it is one of the largest Ramsar wetlands in the world. It is a bird and game paradise with stunning natural splendour, making it one of the top tourist destinations in Africa.
SA Ramsar - Lets'eng-la-Letsie
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Lets’eng-la-Letsie is Lesotho’s only Ramsar wetland. It can only be reached with offroad vehicles. This video gives you a glimpse of this natural paradise high-up in the mountains where you will find the source of one of the Orange River's major tribituaries.
SA Ramsar - Ntsikeni
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Ntsikeni Nature Reserve is another high altitude Ramsar wetland in the southern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The Reserve is characterized by beautiful scenery including the wetland itself as well as surrounding mountains such as Mangeni, Tsawule, Elephant Hill and Ntsikeni Mountain.
SA Ramsar - Umgeni Vlei
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Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal is one of South Africa's smaller Ramsar wetlands. Access is restricted due to its location. It is still a wetland of international importance and provides support and habitat for the endangered Wattled Crane and Oribi antelope.
SA Ramsar - Natal Drakensberg Park
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The largest Ramsar wetland in South Africa also boasts some of the most beautiful natural splendour this region can offer. Explore this mountainous park made up of several smaller reserves over a stretch of more than 200km along the border with Lesotho. It offers a haven for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts.
SA Ramsar - False Bay Nature Reserve
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False Bay Nature Reserve, a mere 25km from Cape Town city center, is South Africa's 22nd Ramsar wetland. It is a unique wetland due to its urban location, and focuses on both conservation and recreation. This video gives you a brief overview what to expect.
SA Ramsar - Orange River Mouth
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The Orange River is the longest river in southern Africa south of the Zambezi. At its mouth into the Atlantic ocean, it becomes a typical wetland and received Ramsar status across the borders of South Africa and Namibia. This video will give you a view how it looks on both sides and what you can expect to see and do there.
SA Ramsar - Seekoeivlei
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One of the lesser known Ramsar wetlands, the only Ramsar wetland in the Free State province of South Africa, is near the small town of Memel. This 4,500 hectares nature reserve has a surprising 230 species of birds, mammals such as Hippopotamus, Black Wildebeest and Buffalo.
Mooi plekkie🎉🎉
Just so you know.. The gecko is a Shovel-nose gecko and not Palamato gecko 😊
My home
Why? Why would you spend half a video talking about a golf course, a wine farm and a fishing village when you are suppose to highlight the importance of the wetland. No mention of the fact that the one bank is of critically endangered renosterveld with endemic and critically endangered species or which fish species and migratory birds occur…I am speechless
The goal/purpose of the SA Ramsar project was "... to promote Ramsar wetlands as potential eco-tourism destinations". That is stated in the "About" section of the TH-cam channel. That creates a big gap for you to follow up with a video about the traits that you refer to. I'm looking forward to see that.
The emphasis being eco. People fly from around the world to see the okavango delta for the animals and flora not to play golf. I will reiterate that a successful campaign does not focus on Human Resources, but on the ecological uniqueness of the site. I can drink wine in Stellenbosch, golf anywhere in SA, but I cannot observe critically endangered flora anywhere else. I can’t see such a vast array of waterbirds in the general vicinity. My point is if you want to promote a Ramsay site start with its uniqueness.
❤Wow
Salt rivers in south Africa
beautiful and harmless place i grow up in 🤗
It is a beautiful place - nice to hear from you!
th-cam.com/video/WoVhCc3jH7k/w-d-xo.html This one was filmed now in 2022 January
This is where I staying a place happy
Baie dankie hiervoor. Het dit nog nooit so gesien nie.
Dankie - lekker om te hoor. Dit was lank gelede - sien ook ander kommentaar hieronder.
terrible video, the hellishly loud muzak destroys the voice. Can't these idiots learn that we come here to listen and see the otherwise well-presented info about the park, not to be annoyed by yet another nitwit video maker. How nice would it be if the quiet voice pauses were actually quiet and only bird sounds would be heard.
I am an amateur videographer, making informative videos as a hobby. In this case I made a series of videos to promote the Ramsar wetlands in Southern Africa as potential tourist destinations. I am not being paid and embarked on the project by own initiative. In hind sight, I have to agree that the music is too loud, and that I could have used more ambient sound. This video was produced in 2015. Over time I learnt and hopefully my videos improved. I don't see any of your own videos on your TH-cam account. Would like to see what I can learn from you. By the way: please use a spell checker when publishing comments on a public forum.
Ciao, SA Ramsar per il video. Fausto (Roma, Italia)
Oh man, now I miss home. I'm from here.."
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Maweee.....😭😭😭😭😭
why the irritable "VERY LOUD" music. the lady that describe the scenery is not always audible. it is a nuisance and not art. it spoil a otherwise good video.
thanks for this i like a plain clip like this , just as it is no suggar coating
Eish since Jon Cecil Rhodes, oranjemhnd is a shame place oshakati is growing without Diamonds, fwiiiiiii what about this sh,,,,,, t town to be good and beauty it is a d still stone area, useless, is finished by you Kak
I don't understand what you are trying to say.
Too bad you couldn't hear the narrator. Cut the damn music.
Good video.
Thanks Carel. Most of my latest videos can be seen on my LensTracks channel: th-cam.com/users/LensTracks
Top video, channel
Thank you - nice to hear!
A very good video
Thank you!
One of SA's TRULY HIDDEN GEMS!
Agree!
Is the river open to the sea, ie is it tidal?
Read our report abouut the river on the website (www.saramsar.com/2016/01/orange-river-mouth.html), you will find all the answers and more there.
@@saramsar thank you
Nice
Great
The video goes to quikly
Oh dear, the use of the IPad is a pain at best of time. To resume, Namibia is the best of tourists destinations, the wilderness area are breathtaking, the people are friendly and accommodation fabulous. Once international travellers are able to travel, do it, you will never regret it.
Thank you Otto, much appreciated. And yes, I fully agree: there is so much to see and experience in Namibia. You can also visit my LensTracks TH-cam channel (th-cam.com/channels/l7cKxOLPxsHOBLvxD9lgQw.html) for more from Namibia and neighboring countries.
Thank you to the producers of this video. As an Australian and cousin of a South African born man, I can fully understand the current tension within this God given land. I still think a past visit to Nabinia
Great video, well done
Thank you - feels like a lifetime ago ...
There should be game moving between Thembe and Ndumo? Very vacant spot it seems
Dr Hendrik Verwoerd Dam sal vir altyd in die Harte v Boervolk bly.
Thank you it is informative and not a bad video at all.
What a load of badly made rubbish .. I hope these guys didn't get paid to make it.
I agree that this is not one of my best videos. We produced this as part of the SA Ramsar project with the goal to promote Ramsar wetlands as potential tourist destinations (www.saramsar.com). We are not from the Ramsar organisation and were not paid to do it. It was done on our own initiative and at our own cost. Videography is my hobby and I am constantly learning. I am still learning and hopefully producing better videos as time goes on. You can check out my latest videos on my LensTracks channel on TH-cam (th-cam.com/channels/l7cKxOLPxsHOBLvxD9lgQw.html).
@@saramsar you will always get negative people don't worry about them , the other people like me enjoyed it
@@louis220558 Thanks Louis - appreciated!
This video was taken in 2014, and you are being completely hoodwinked .. the only reason there is water in the vlei at this time is because despite all local and disaster management warnings, the Western Cape Government decided to go ahead with rebuilding the causeway bridge over the Verloren river near Elands Bay. Locals and Disaster Management warned that winter rains would jeopardise the process, but the contractor went ahead. Above average rainfall fell and coffer dams had to be built to avoid flooding and damage to building. Damming of the natural flow caused excessive silting and flooding, hence the artificially full vlei. I have extensive dated footage of the bridge works. The makers of this video cannot have avoided seeing them on the road from Slangkop to the southern side of the vlei. The selective use of beauty shots without context makes this video a very sad attempt at justifying an ecological disaster area. Shame on RAMSAR for going along with it. Today the vlei is a salty mud puddle with ever encroaching reeds, and the illegal damming of all streams upstream in all four catchments has deprived it of water even in years of average rainfall.
Good Day Nick, You are right, we filmed this during 2014. The goal of the SA Ramsar project (www.saramsar.com) was to promote Ramsar wetlands as potential tourist destinations - not from a conservation point of view. We discussed this during our visit to you and Felicity at the time of filming. I am aware that you are experiencing many challenges. All the best.
@@saramsar Gotcha .. thing is as one who has seen the devastation of virtually all wetlands around us, encouraging tourism at a resource that is no longer functioning is misleading .. not your fault I grant. I feel telling people how it is regardless of the consequences makes sense at this time. All governments local and national need to stop lying to us all for the sake of 'tourism' opportunities that disappoint when reached. Best to you too.
very interesting video , i hope you don't mind me asking , but what is that tree near the end of the video ? , alot of chinese takeaways seem to have them in the windows over here in the uk , is it a special tree ? does it mean something ?
I am not an expert but it looks like a Spekboom to me. There is a challenge in SA to plant them, for the following reasons (I quote from another source): "1)absorbs the highest amount of carbon dioxide when compared to any other plant in existence. 2)highly water-wise, needing up to half the water of other plants to survive. 3)can live up to 200 years and has the ability to adapt to its surroundings. 4)nutritious". I don't know why the Chinese like them so much, maybe because the like SA so much...moving in everywhere.
What a lovely, informative video! I enjoyed that😍😍😍
Very informative. Thankyou 😍😍
Beautiful Kingdom in The sky.
Whole Country is a Treasure!
Lesotho - The Most beautiful tiny mountain Kingdom
beautiful and very educative
Thank you! I hope you can visit some of these wetlands.
do the rangers have park maps?
I love the narration and the video is amazing, Good job
very educational
i loved the video
Funny how all the rules go out the window when there's a camera crew around.