|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park: South Africa's first-ever desert botanical garden has opened its doors!

South Africa’s first-ever desert botanical garden has opened its doors at the Sendelingsdrift Rest Camp in the Richtersveld side of the |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park. The Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden has been transformed from an indigenous nursery into an botanical garden by Pieter van Wyk, South African National Parks' (SANParks) resident botanist and the visionary behind this unique project. The botanical garden consists of 24 beds, each with a unique theme, which represent the indigenous flora of South Africa’s Desert Biome. The Richtersveld Desert Botanical Gardens is an initiative between South African National Parks (SANParks) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)..

The Sendelingsdrift Rest Camp is built in the style of an old mining camp and offers its guests ten chalets as well as camping facilities. Sendelingsdrif is the entry point to the South African (Richtersveld) side of the |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park as well as a border post that leads to the Namibian side of the Transfrontier Park.