- He was a British conservationist working in Central and Southern Africa
- Norman Joseph Carr was born 19 July 1912
- He was influential in setting up National Parks in Malawi (Nyasaland), Zambia and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in the 1950s and 1960s.
- In Zambia, his vision of Conservation through Tourism led him to set up the country’s first safari company
- Norman Carr Safaris, with a focus on local employment and empowerment
- He is widely regarded as the pioneer of walking safaris as part of non-consumptive tourism (photography safaris) in Africa.
- Carr helped establish the Rhino Trust in the 1970s
- Carr was a man ahead of his time; during the era when safari was a track-and-hunt tradition
- In 1940 he married Barbera Lennon, with whom he had one son and two daughters
- Carr’s legacy continues throughout Zambia as he inspired the next generation of conservationists, including Chris Liebenberg who founded Chongwe Safaris
10 things you didn’t know about Norman Carr
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