Khama Rhino Sanctuary Botswana

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Khama Rhino Sanctuary is basically a wildlife project in the land of Botswana which is totally community based. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary was established in the year 1992, in order to save the rest of the surviving rhino population in the country. The area of the Khama Rhino Sanctuary was formerly teeming with abundant varieties of African wildlife. The community aimed towards restoring the natural state of the region and provides all sorts of economic assistance to the local Botswana people.

The Khama Rhino Sanctuary in Botswana stretches over four thousand and three hundred hectares of land and is centered around the Serwe Pan, which is actually a large depression encapsulated by grass and many water holes. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary at Botswana offers the optimum conditions for the survival of white rhinoceroses, with the dense regions of the sanctuary being favored by animals like the giraffe. There are a total of fourteen white rhinos that have been translocated to the sanctuary thus gearing the total numbers of rhinos to eighteen.

Other important species of wild animals that share the Khama Rhino Sanctuary of Botswana with the rhinos include the zebra, giraffe, blue wildebeest, eland, impala, springbok, gemsbok, steenbok, kudu, leopard, black backed jackal, African wild cat and the brown hyena.