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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For performance reasons, the following district has been split off from this page: List of heritage sites in Pietermaritzburg SAHRA ...
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. [6] Wilderness areas include Mkhomazi, Upper Mkhomazi, Mlambonja, Mdedelelo, and Mzimkhulu.
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.
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 Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a World Heritage Site, established on 11 June 2001 by linking the Sehlabathebe National Park in the Kingdom of Lesotho and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1] The highest peak is Thaba Ntlenyana rising to 3,482 metres.
iSimangaliso Wetland Park is situated on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 235 km (146 mi) north of Durban by road. It is South Africa's third-largest protected area, spanning 280 km (170 mi) of coastline, from the Mozambican border in the north to Mapelane south of the Lake St. Lucia estuary, and made up of around 3,280 km 2 (810,000 acres) of natural ecosystems, managed by ...
Scarp forest is a threatened forest type, protected by South Africa's forests act of 1998, [5] while the grassland is classified as KwaZulu-Natal sandstone sourveld, the most threatened terrestrial habitat in the Durban metropole. [6] The reserve was established in 1950 and was augmented by land donations as late as 1999. [4]
A bust of John Medley Wood in the Durban Botanic Gardens. A local farmer and rural trade store owner John Medley Wood who was a self-trained botanist took over the curatorship from 1882 to 1913, and the Durban Botanic Gardens was said to have enjoyed its heyday [1] with support of the governor of the colony of Natal, Sir Henry Bulwer who shared a keen interest in the Gardens. [4]