Mantis 2020 Vision is a series of short documentaries about the making of Mantis; a collection of hotels, eco-escapes and waterways that was founded in 2000. The Journey starts 10 years before the business was formed; when Founder & Executive Chairman, Adrian Gardiner pioneered private conservation and ecotourism in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
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Paul Gardiner, CEO of Mantis, brings us to his piece of Africa in Surrey, England. Join him by the fire to hear him recall exciting memories of the projects that saw the Eastern Cape rewilded with elephants and black rhinos.
Adrian Gardiner, his team, and his family were translocating wildlife from various parts of South Africa and many of their experiences have influenced wildlife management practises. Paul’s tales of truant herds and boisterous crashes had no comparison in the 1990s, The only other people that were rewilding at the time was Yellowstone National Park in the USA.
Watch episode 4 on Friday 22 May to rewind to the rewilding of the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
