Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Mopani District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Maruleng
- Coordinates
- -24.1500, 30.9833
- Nearest large town
- Hoedspruit, 23 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q4853071 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Grietjie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve10 km north
York Private Nature ReserveNature reserve11 km south- Tshukudu Private Game ReserveGame reserve15 km south-west
- Wild Rivers Private Nature ReserveNature reserve17 km south-west
- Abelana Game ReserveGame reserve · 150 km²25 km north
- Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve26 km south-east
Address and visiting
Listed addressPWG2+53, 1380balule.africa
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Balule Nature Reserve
62 mammal and 667 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- African elephantLoxodonta africana9
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus6
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa6
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga5
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros5
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus5
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius3
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus3
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi2
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer2
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus2
Birds
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca14
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus14
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola13
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas11
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps11
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus10
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides10
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus10
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer9
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens9
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis9
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris9
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp9
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor8
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.