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More than 2,500 individuals have returned to the reserve, including <strong>cheetahs, leopards, African wild dogs, eland, sable antelopes, waterbuck, nyala, zebras, warthogs, giraffes and the Big Five: lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, buffalo and elephants. <\/strong>The programme has been so successful that wildlife populations have grown significantly, allowing Majete Wildlife Reserve to provide animals for the <strong>restoration of other protected areas<\/strong>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/africawildtruck.com\/en\/attrazioni\/nkhotakota-wildlife-reserve\/\">Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majete demonstrates what a thriving wildlife reserve can achieve: restoring biodiversity, creating employment opportunities for local communities and becoming a sought-after destination for travellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a wildlife-depleted reserve to one of Africa&#8217;s most successful wildlife restoration projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1742,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2014","attrazioni","type-attrazioni","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Majete Wildlife Reserve | Africa Wild Truck<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From a wildlife-depleted reserve to one of Africa&#039;s most successful wildlife restoration projects. 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