Intrepid Travel is expanding its local impact by welcoming Arkaba Environmental Projects as the newest Australian partner of The Intrepid Foundation, the company’s not-for-profit arm.
Arkaba Environmental Projects exists to restore biodiversity in the Flinders Ranges, with a focus on reintroducing native flora and fauna to the Arkaba Conservancy, a 60,000-acre private wildlife sanctuary.
The partnership will connect travellers on Intrepid’s South Australian itineraries, including the Flinders Ranges Walk, and guests staying at Stay Intrepid property Arkaba Homestead with the conservation work taking place on the land they explore.
“Our experiences are designed to connect our guests with the bush, which is reliant on nurturing a harmonious relationship with our environment,” Arkaba Homestead lodge manager Frances Pollock said. “Our team endeavours to allow natural processes to reassert themselves in the landscape through ongoing conservation programs, including removing feral species from the landscape and allowing native vegetation communities to reestablish are at the heart of this.”
Through The Intrepid Foundation, travellers will be able to support Arkaba’s conservation efforts, from educating local schoolchildren about caring for the bush to helping create safe habitats for native wildlife, including the western quoll (idnya), in the Flinders Ranges.
Australia has the world’s highest mammal extinction rate globally. The arrival of European settlers and hoofed livestock to the Flinders Ranges in the 1850s led to the degradation of fragile landscapes and saw 22 of the region’s 58 mammal species becoming locally extinct.
Travellers can donate to Arkaba Environmental Projects through The Intrepid Foundation’s website.
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