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The dawn chorus in Royal Natal National Park, recorded by David Watts on 27 November 1984 Royal Natal National Park is a 80.94-square-kilometre (31.25 sq mi) [ 2 ] park in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and forms part of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . [ 2 ]
The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park is also in the List of Wetlands of International Importance (under the Ramsar Convention). Adjacent to the park is the Cathkin Estates Conservation and Wildlife Sanctuary, which spans 1,044 ha (10 km 2 ) of virgin grassland and represents the largest privately-owned game park in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg region.
The park is also home to the greatest gallery of rock art in the world with hundreds of sites and many thousands of images painted by the Bushmen . The Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Area was conceived as a Peace park , covering about 8 113 km 2 , consisting of 5 170 km 2 (64%) in Lesotho and 2 943 km 2 (36%) in ...
KwaZulu-Natal is one of the most diverse provinces in South Africa in terms of its fauna and flora. [1] Many of its wide variety of ecosystems have been preserved as parks and reserves, which are popular tourist attractions. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is a governmental agency that maintains the wildlife conservation areas in the province.
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Several rivers originate in the Mont-Aux-Sources, foremost of which is the Tugela, which flows eastwards into the Indian Ocean on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Some 7 km from the Mont-Aux-Sources, the Tugela plunges 947 m in a series of falls in the Royal Natal National Park. This is the second-highest series of falls in the world. [2]
The Royal Natal National Park, which contains some of the higher peaks, is part of this large park complex. Adjacent to the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg World Heritage Site is the 1900 ha Allendale Mountain Reserve, which is the largest private reserve adjoining the World Heritage Site and is found in the accessible Kamberg area, the heart of the ...
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve in Yellowwood Park, Durban, 253 ha. Krantzkloof Nature Reserve in Kloof, between Hillcrest and Pinetown, near Durban, 600 ha. Mpenjati Nature Reserve near Trafalgar, 66 hectares (160 acres) North Park Nature Reserve adjacent to the Umhlahazana River, 52 ha. Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve near Port Shepstone, Skyline ...