- Parkveld
- Municipalities
- Impendle
Parks and reserves in Impendle
7 parks and reserves lie in Impendle municipality, 2 478 km² of them with a recorded size: 6 nature reserves, 1 protected area.
- Areas
- 7
- Province
- KZN
- Species recorded
- 134
- Largest
- 2 428 km²
7 shown
| Name | Type | Province | Municipality | Area, km² | Est. | Nearest town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park | Protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 2 428 | 1993 | 86 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
| Lotheni Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | 39,8 | 1953 | 84 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
| uMgeni Vlei Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Impendle | 9,6 | — | 55 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
| Impendle Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Impendle | — | — | 46 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
| Loteni Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 84 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
| Vergelegen Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | — | — | — | 89 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
| uMngeni Plateau Nature Reserve | Nature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | Impendle | — | — | 55 km west of Pietermaritzburg |
Most recorded wildlife in Impendle's reserves
Cape Wagtail 2 096Cape Robin-Chat 2 002African Stonechat 1 852Malachite Sunbird 1 691Southern Fiscal 1 660Jackal Buzzard 1 615Red-winged Starling 1 597Bokmakierie 1 593Hadada Ibis 1 581Cape Weaver 1 526White-necked Raven 1 476Cape Crow 1 422Common Waxbill 1 322Ring-necked Dove 1 306Cape Rock Thrush 1 285Cape Canary 1 264Cape White-eye 1 198Levaillant's Cisticola 1 185Fork-tailed Drongo 1 168Greater Striped Swallow 1 166Gurney's Sugarbird 1 160Greater Double-collared Sunbird 1 153Wattled Crane 1 144Dark-capped Bulbul 1 137
Occurrence records around the reserves listed above (GBIF.org).
