- Parkveld
- Municipalities
- Big Five Hlabisa
Parks and reserves in Big Five Hlabisa
11 parks and reserves lie in Big Five Hlabisa municipality, 15 273 km² of them with a recorded size: 4 nature reserves, 3 game reserves, 3 other protected areas, 1 forest reserve.
- Areas
- 11
- Province
- KZN
- Species recorded
- 254
- Largest
- 13 289 km²
11 shown
| Name | Type | Province | Municipality | Area, km² | Est. | Nearest town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
iSimangaliso Wetland Park | Protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 13 289 | 2000 | 43 km north of St Lucia |
| St. Lucia System | Protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 1 555 | 1986 | 52 km north of St Lucia |
| St. Lucia Game Park | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 378 | 1916 | 42 km north of St Lucia |
Bonamanzi Game Reserve | Game reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Big Five Hlabisa | 40,0 | — | 36 km north of St Lucia |
False Bay Park | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 11,9 | 1944 | 45 km north of St Lucia |
| Cape Vidal State Forest | Forest reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 37 km north of St Lucia |
| Corridor Game Reserve | Game reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Big Five Hlabisa | — | 1989 | 48 km west of St Lucia |
Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park | Protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 44 km west of St Lucia |
| Phinda Resource Reserve | Game reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 68 km north of St Lucia |
| Ubizane Wildlife Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Big Five Hlabisa | — | — | 45 km north-west of St Lucia |
| Umfolozi Game Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 61 km north-west of Richards Bay |
Most recorded wildlife in Big Five Hlabisa's reserves
Sombre Greenbul 7 529Yellow-bellied Greenbul 6 977Emerald-spotted Wood Dove 6 686Hadada Ibis 6 669Brown-hooded Kingfisher 6 495Black-backed Puffback 6 444Red-eyed Dove 5 800Common Bulbul 5 760Rattling Cisticola 5 717Green-backed Camaroptera 5 688Egyptian Goose 5 223Barn Swallow 5 108Fork-tailed Drongo 4 886Yellow-breasted Apalis 4 826Crested Guineafowl 4 726Red-capped Robin-Chat 4 573White-browed Coucal 4 553Yellow-throated Longclaw 4 470Dark-backed Weaver 4 413Gorgeous Bushshrike 4 371Black-bellied Starling 4 344Grey-headed Gull 4 277Rudd's Apalis 4 272Square-tailed Drongo 4 248
Occurrence records around the reserves listed above (GBIF.org).



