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Manages 24 wild protected areas across 13 African countries — 20M+ hectares, from Chad's Zakouma to Rwanda's Akagera — under long-term government partnerships — 20,000,000 hectares protected in Pan-African, funded by every stay.

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Ranger's Receipt
Zakouma National Park · Chad
ONE RIDICULOUSLY GOOD ADVENTURE
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  • 1unforgettable elephant-herd sighting, among the ~800 now roaming free
  • ~60rangers on patrol, GPS & radio equipped, funded
  • 305,400 hakept wild — bigger than Luxembourg
  • 220 → 13,000+buffalo, recovered since 1986
  • ✓habitat monitoring, funded
  • ✓possible emotional breakdown
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TOTAL: You went. The wild won.
Zakouma's elephants: ~800 today, up roughly 40% since 2010, after 95% of the population was lost to poaching by that year — only 450 survived. Buffalo: ~220 (1986) → 13,000+ (2025). Park: 305,400 ha, versus Luxembourg's 258,600 ha. Rangers: ~60. Source: African Parks — Zakouma, https://www.africanparks.org/the-parks/zakouma
Conservation programs
  • ›Manages 24 wild protected areas across 13 African countries — 20M+ hectares, from Chad's Zakouma to Rwanda's Akagera — under long-term government partnerships
  • ›Rhino Rewild Initiative: translocated 70 southern white rhinos to Akagera in 2025, aiming to move 2,000+ rhinos to safe strongholds over a decade
  • ›Zakouma's elephants are up 40% since 2010 after African Parks took over anti-poaching — now ~800 strong with healthy calf numbers
  • ›Recorded 310,000+ ranger patrol days, removed 25,000 snares, and translocated 2,217 animals across 13 species in a single year
  • ›Targeting 30 parks by 2030 — the largest counter-poaching and rewilding footprint of any single conservation NGO
The work, measured
20M haprotected
13 countriesof operation
24 protected areasunder management
13 speciesunder direct program
Source year: 2025
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