The center offers information and gives tourist the opportunity to get in contact with local people,
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Deriet
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| Monday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
| Sunday | 07:00 - 17:00 |
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De Riet Information and Craft Center
On communal land the local communities carry the costs of conserving the wildlife that tourists come to enjoy. To contribute more to covering the costs of conservation and living with wildlife, the members of the TOSCO community have committed themselves to paying a voluntary conservation contribution. The contributions are paid to TOSCO from where they will be passed on to the specific conservancies to offset the costs of human/ wildlife conflict.
The “De Riet Info & Craft Center” is one of the projects realized with such money. In 2017 the non-profit organisation TOSCO initiated the construction in one of the self-catering bungalows sponsored by NAMSOV with a lot of help from local people. The “Info & Craft Center” is located in the small village Deriet in the Torra conservancy. Due to the fact that the village has a lot of tourism traffic which the local people did not take advantage from, the idea of an information and craft center arose.
The center is not only for information but also gives visitors the chance to get in contact with local people, buy their craft art or a cool drink to refresh. Local guides offer to accompany the tourists in the area and jointly track the desert dwelling elephants. Furthermore, it is an opportunity for the Deriet community to present their village and their fascinating, yet untold, history.
