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Addo Elephant National Park |
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The original section of the park was founded in 1931
in order to provide a sanctuary for the eleven remaining elephants in the area. The park has proved to be very successful and currently houses more than 450 elephants and a large number of other mammals............ Read More |
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Agulhas National Park |
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The windswept, ruggedly beautiful coastal plain at the southern-most tip of Africa, with its rich cultural and natural heritage, has recently been proclaimed as the Agulhas National Park Agulhas, as the southern-most tip of Africa, has always had its mysteries and adventure, and still captures the imagination........... Read More |
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Augrabies Falls National Park |
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Few sights are as awesome or a sound as deafening as water thundering down the 56m Augrabies Waterfall when the Orange River is in full flood. The Khoi people called it ‘Aukoerebis’, or place of Great Noise, as this powerful flow of water is unleashed from rocky surroundings characterized by the 18km........... Read More |
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Barberspan Bird Sanctuary |
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Regarded as one of the largest waterfowl sanctuaries in Southern Africa, Barberspan Bird Sanctuary is a huge 2000 hectare body of water that is RAMSAR Convention-accredited, indicating its international importance for migratory birds and waterfowl.
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Bontebok National Park |
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Bonteboks are rare, unusually marked antelopes. They are listed as vulnerable in Appendix II of the International Trade in Endangered Species Red List. They are endemic to the Cape Floral area, and once roamed the region in large numbers. European settlement and hunting brought the animal to near extinction........... Read More |
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Borakalalo National Park |
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Borakalalo - meaning "Place where people relax", is a 14000-hectare, malaria free National Park, situated 60 km north of Brits.
Bird viewing is exceptional with parts of the Park Zoned for wilderness trails. Over 350 bird species have been recorded, including rarities such as the African Finefoot........... Read More |
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Camdeboo National Park |
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The Camdeboo National Park is located in the Karoo and almost completely surrounds the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet.
Camdeboo National Park was proclaimed as South Africa's 22nd National Park under the management of South African National Parks on Sunday 30 October 2005.
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De Hoop Nature Reserve |
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Located about an hour's drive from Swellendam, along well-maintained gravel roads, the De Hoop Nature Reserve is home to 86 species of mammals including Cape mountain zebras, baboons, ostriches, eland, duiker, and the rare bontebok.
The reserve is particularly known for its bird population, many of........... Read More |
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Drakenstein Lion Park |
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Drakenstein Lion Park was established in 1998 to provide lions in distress with sanctuary, where they could live in safety, free from abuse and persecution, and be treated with the compassion and respect they deserved.
The Park is situated in the scenic Cape Winelands and comprises of 50 acres of sprawling........... Read More |
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Garden Route National Park |
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The Garden Route National Park is a national park in the Garden Route region of South Africa. It was established on 6 March 2009 by amalgamating the existing Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National Parks, the Knysna National Lake Area, and various other areas of state-owned land.
The park covers about 1,210........... Read More |
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Giant's Castle Reserve |
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The Giant's Castle Game Reserve – approximately 35,000 hectares in size – exists since 1904 and is one of the oldest nature conservation areas in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park.
It was created mainly to protect the last herds of Eland, Africa's biggest antelope species. And also for the conservation........... Read More |
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Golden Gate Highlands National Park |
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Golden Gate Highlands National Park is located in Free State, Republic of South Africa, near the Lesotho border. It covers an area of 340 km² (131.3 mi²)The park's most notable features are its golden, ochre, and orange-hued deeply eroded sandstone cliffs and outcrops especially the Brandwag........... Read More |
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Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park |
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Four landscapes, 1 500 lions, 8 320 elephants, 5 000 giraffes, 3 000 white rhinos, 17 000 buffaloes, 505 species of birds, over 2 000 plant species, Stone Age artefacts, Iron Age implements, San rock paintings, 16th century ruins, river safaris, lake cruises, 4x4 adventure drives, tropical beaches, coral........... Read More |
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Groenkloof Nature Reserve |
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The history of the reserve can be traced back a long time, to 1895 in fact, when President Paul Kruger proclaimed the valley as a game sanctuary, the first on the African continent. In 1994 the reserve became the responsibility of the nature conservation and resorts section of the City Of Tshwane Municipality............ Read More |
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Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park |
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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, located 280 km north of Durban, is the oldest proclaimed park in Africa. It consists of 960 km² (96,000 ha) of hilly topography in central Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is known for its rich wildlife and conservation efforts.
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Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve |
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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, located 280 km north of Durban, is the oldest proclaimed park in Africa. It consists of 960 km² (96,000 ha) of hilly topography in central Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is known for its rich wildlife and conservation efforts.[1] The park is the only state-run........... Read More |
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iSimangaliso Wetland Park |
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iSimangaliso Wetland Park is situated on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa about 275 kilometres north of Durban. It is South Africa's third-largest protected area, spanning 280 km of coastline, from the Mozambican border in the north to Mapelane south of the St Lucia estuary, and made up........... Read More |
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Ithala Game Reserve |
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Ithala is the Zulu word for........... Read More |
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Jukani Predator Park |
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Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary & Predator Park is situated in the heart of the popular Garden Route in the beautiful town of Mossel Bay in the Cape Province of South Africa. You are in for an experience of a life time when you step your foot in this sanctuary, an experience never to be forgotten. The Jukani........... Read More |
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Kalahari Gemsbok National Park |
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The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa was proclaimed in 1931 mainly to protect migratory game, especially the gemsbok. Together with the adjacent Gemsbok National Park in Botswana, this park comprises an area of over 3,6 million hectares one of very few conservation areas of this magnitude........... Read More |
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Karoo National Park |
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The Karoo National Park has a wide variety of endemic wildlife. Many species have been relocated to their former ranges, such as black rhino and buffalo, as well as Cape mountain zebra. Over 20 breeding pairs of black eagle find sanctuary within the Karoo National park. There is also a wide diversity........... Read More |
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park |
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park has a list of approximately 297 species of birds.
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Knysna Elephant Park |
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pearl of the scenic Garden Route, is situated between George and Plettenberg Bay. Perennially green thanks to a Mediterranean Maritime climate with rain falling throughout the year.
Here the legacy of the Knysna Elephants lives on. The experience is somewhat of a closer kind than that at Kruger or........... Read More |
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Knysna National Lake Area |
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The centre of attraction of Knysna National Lake Area is the 15,000 ha Knysna Lagoon, home to the endangered Knysna seahorse and to a wide variety of wetland birdlife, including egrets, spoonbills, gulls, cormorants, ibises, and various waders, such as marsh sandpiper, Greenshank, and Whimbrel.
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Kruger National Park |
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Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers 18,989 square kilometres (7,332 sq mi) and extends 360 kilometres (220 mi) from north to south and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from east to west.
To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces........... Read More |
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Krugersdorp Game Reserve |
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In the Krugersdorp Game Reserve (area 1400ha/500ac) visitors can get some impression of what the Witwatersrand must once have looked like. Among the game to be seen here are giraffes, rhinos, elands, blue wildebeests, kudus, buffaloes, impalas and baboons. A particular attraction is the 200ha/500ac lion........... Read More |
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Lion and Rhino Park |
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The Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve is located 60 kilometres west of Pretoria and 30 minutes drive from Johannesburg in the Cradle of Humankind. Known as the Nearest Faraway place, we offer the most amazing experience imaginable.
From a modest beginning of two rhinos and some antelope, the reserve now........... Read More |
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Madikwe Game Reserve |
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The Madikwe Game Reserve belongs to the latest park developments in South Africa. It was opened in 1991 and is still in the initial stages. The reserve comprises 60.000 hectares of bushland north of the small town Groot-Marico up to the Botswana border. In the south, the Dwarsberg Mountains are the border............ Read More |
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Mapungubwe National Park |
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Come and join these diverse pilgrims and share unforgetable moments sipping sundowners at the confluence of the legendary Limpopo and Shashe Rivers, watch the eagles soar over Botswana and Zimbabwe's skies, hear the echo of elephant trumpets, take a tree top walk or just relax and absorb the surroundings.............. Read More |
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Marakele National Park |
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The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a 'place of sanctuary' for an impressive variety of wildlife due to its location in the transitional zone between the dry western and moister eastern regions of South Africa. Contrasting majestic........... Read More |
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Marloth Park |
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Marloth Park is a holiday town situated next to the Crocodile River, which forms part of the southern boundary of the Kruger National Park. There are no fences in Marloth Park allowing wild animals such as kudu, wildebeest, impala, waterbuck, zebra, nyala, buffalo, giraffe and many more to roam about........... Read More |
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Mokala National Park |
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Mokala National Park is a 200 square kilometre reserve established south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa on 19 June 2007. Mokala is the Setswana name for the Camel Thorn, a tree species typical of the arid western interior. The new park effectively replaces the Vaalbos National Park........... Read More |
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Mountain Zebra National Park |
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Mountain Zebra National Park is a national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa proclaimed in July, 1937 for the purpose of providing a nature reserve for the endangered Cape mountain zebra.
In the early 1930s, the Cape Mountain Zebra was threatened with extinction. The National Parks Board........... Read More |
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Namaqua National Park |
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Namaqualand has a reputation for its brilliant colours from the wild flower displays in Spring. Namaqua National Park preserves this unforgettable picture with its valleys filled with spring flowers During early August and September, dry valleys of Namaqualand are transformed into a beautiful wonderland........... Read More |
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Ndumo Game Reserve |
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Ndumo is a small but spectacular park and something of a well kept secret. Proclaimed back in the 1920's, it is one of South Africa's oldest reserves and considered to be one of the finest in KwaZulu Natal. Tembe Elephant Park is just adjacent.
These parks are in a hot humid subtropical region just........... Read More |
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Pilanesberg Game Reserve |
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The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is located in North West Province in South Africa, west of Pretoria. The park borders with the entertainment complex Sun City. The park was originally owned by three local tribes, and is now administered by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.The Bird life diversity is........... Read More |
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Pretorius Game Reserve |
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The Willem Pretorius Game Reserve is situated in the heart of the Free State with the Allemanskraal Dam forming the central part. The reserve itself covers some 12 005ha with a great variety of game and bird species. The great variety of wildlife and bird species is not the only draw card for tourists.
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Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park |
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Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park is only accessible by means of a 4x4 vehicle, but vehicles with high clearances such as combi’s and LDV’s do travel in the park. Sedan vehicles are not permitted.
The harsh environment opens up a treasure-chest containing the world’s richest desert flora. Miniature........... Read More |
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Royal Natal National Park |
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The Royal Natal National Park in the northern parts of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg complex encapsulates the exquisite beauty of the rugged mountain world of the Drakensberg, also called the "Roof of South Africa". Vertical rockwalls, roaring waterfalls, grass-covered mountain slopes, Protea........... Read More |
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Sodwana Bay National Park |
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The small Sodwana Bay National Park consists of a narrow coastal strip of forest covered sand dunes. Sodwana Bay National Park was proclaimed in 1950 and is an angler’s paradise.
Sodwana is a fairly remote area but people travel a long way to drive along the endless beaches in their four-wheel drive........... Read More |
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Table Mountain National Park |
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The Table Mountain National Park has two world-renowned landmarks within its boundaries; the majestic Table Mountain and the legendary Cape of Good Hope. Recognised globally for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique flora, this singular land formation, with rugged cliffs, steep slopes and sandy........... Read More |
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Tankwa Karoo National Park |
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The 137,000 ha Tankwa Karoo national Park is situated in one of the most arid regions of South Africa, less than a 4 hours drive (about 270km) away from Cape Town on the R355 National road, about midway between Ceres and Calvinia and on the southern boundary of the Northern Cape Province.
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Tembe Elephant Park |
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Tembe Elephant Park is a 300km² game reserve in Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is adjacent to Ndumo Game Reserve.
The park was developed by Tembe Tribal Authority and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife The park is now home to 250 elephants,340 bird species
Today, some 180 elephants live in the........... Read More |
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Tsitsikamma National Park |
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Tsitikamma National Park protects a wonderland of inter-tidal and marine life. This one of the largest single unit " no take " ( including fishing ) Marine Protected Area ( MPA ) in the world, conserving 11 % of South Africa´s Temperate South Coast rocky shoreline and provides a " labratory " for fisheries........... Read More |
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Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park |
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The uKhahlamba or Drakensberg National Park, located in KwaZulu-Natal, near the border with Lesotho, was listed by UNESCO in 2000 as a World Heritage site. The park is also in the List of Wetlands of International Importance (under the Ramsar Convention.
The Drakensberg is home to over 300 species........... Read More |
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Vaalbos National Park |
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Vaalbos National Park (200 km2/77 sq mi) is a nature area along the Vaal River, close to the eastern border of the Northern Cape Province. It is a transition zone where dry and moist areas meet. The park has the largest South African population of roan antelope. There are also black and white rhino,........... Read More |
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West Coast National Park |
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The West Coast National Park lies 120 km north of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is 27,500 hectares (106 sq mi) in size. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the R27 coastal road, and runs from the town of Yzerfontein in the south up to the Langebaan lagoon............ Read More |
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Wilderness National Park |
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Wilderness National Park is situated in the heart of the Garden Route, South Africa. It is a fascinating combination of rivers, lakes, estuaries and beaches, unfolding against the backdrop or lush forests and imposing mountains. During spring, the area is beautifully blanketed by a kaleidoscope of colourful........... Read More |
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World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park |
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is the largest bird park in Africa and one of the few large bird parks in the World Over 3 000 birds (and small animals) of 400 different species are uniquely presented in more than 100 spacious landscaped walk through aviaries, allowing you the most intimate closeness with nature.
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