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uMkhuze Game Reserve (also spelt Mkhuze or Mkuze) is a 40,000-hectare (400 km 2; 150 sq mi) game reserve in northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1] It was proclaimed a protected area on 15 February 1912.
An impala, in Mkuze game reserve. Mkuze Game Reserve has a large variety of natural habitats: from the eastern slopes of the Lebombo Mountains along its eastern boundary, to broad stretches of acacia savannah, swamps and a variety of woodlands and riverine forest. A rare type of sand forest also occurs in the reserve.
These are just some of the game parks and nature reserves in KwaZulu-Natal that are open to the public: Royal Natal National Park; Burman Bush; iSimangaliso Wetland Park (part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area) Mkuze Game Reserve; Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve – the oldest national park in Africa. Itala Game Reserve; Phinda ...
Phinda Private Game Reserve (/ ˈ p ɪ n d ə /), formerly known as Phinda Resource Reserve, is a 170 km 2 (66 sq mi) private game reserve situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, between the Mkuze Game Reserve and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Designated in 1990, Phinda is derived from a Zulu phrase "Phinda Izilwane" meaning 'do again', or ...
Associated Private Nature Reserves, (APNR), is an association of privately owned nature reserves bordering on the Kruger National Park. Collectively they represent 1,800 square kilometres (180,000 ha) [ 1 ] of land dedicated to conservation.
Ndumo Game Reserve is a small (11,000 hectares (27,000 acres)) [2] South African game reserve located in the far northeast district of KwaZulu-Natal known as Maputaland. It is situated on the border with Mozambique where the Pongola River joins the Great Usutu River. It is adjacent to the Tembe Elephant Park.
Some game reserves were deproclaimed and the Nagana Campaign was implemented, which caused severe degradation of ecosystems. In 1947, the Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board was established to enforce laws relating to wildlife in Natal and Zululand, which by that time were a single province of South Africa known as Natal. [ 1 ]
The two main rivers in the municipality are the Mkuze River in the south and the uPhongolo River in the north, the latter feeding the Pongolapoort Dam, located on the eastern boundary of the municipality. The uPhongolo River rises just east of Wakkerstroom and drains an area of nearly 8,000 km 2 where the rainfall often exceeds 1,000 mm a year.