IUCN category Ia: strict nature reserve
Areas whose Wikidata record gives IUCN protected area category Ia — strict nature reserve. Most entries in the directory have no category recorded, so this is a partial list.
- Listed
- 13
- With a size
- 3
- Combined size
- 5 361 km²
- Provinces
- 5
Other categories
13 shown
| Name | Type | Province | Municipality | Area, km² | Est. | Nearest town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve | Protected area | EC Eastern Cape | — | 5 000 | 1920 | 93 km north-east of Plettenberg Bay |
 uMkhuze Game Reserve | Game reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 333 | 1912 | 83 km north of St Lucia |
| Akkerendam Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | NC Northern Cape | Hantam | 27,5 | 1962 | 5 km north of Calvinia |
| Alice Glockner Nature Reserve | Protected area | GP Gauteng | — | — | 1973 | 52 km south-east of Johannesburg |
| Commando Drift Nature Reserve | Protected area | EC Eastern Cape | — | — | — | 82 km west of Queenstown (Komani) |
| East London Coast Nature Reserve | Protected area | EC Eastern Cape | — | — | — | 6 km north-east of East London |
 Great Fish River Nature Reserve | Protected area | EC Eastern Cape | — | — | 1994 | 48 km north-east of Makhanda |
 Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park | Protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 44 km west of St Lucia |
| Hluleka Nature Reserve | Protected area | EC Eastern Cape | — | — | — | 55 km south-east of Mthatha |
 Oviston Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | — | — | — | 169 km north-west of Queenstown (Komani) |
 Sandveld Nature Reserve | Protected area | FS Free State | — | — | — | 112 km west of Welkom |
 Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve | Protected area | FS Free State | — | — | — | 17 km south-west of Harrismith |
| Tsolwana Nature Reserve | Protected area | EC Eastern Cape | — | — | 1979 | 47 km south-west of Queenstown (Komani) |