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- North West
- Ventersdorp/Tlokwe
- Boskop Dam Nature Reserve
Nature reserve · North West
Boskop Dam Nature Reserve
Boskop Dam Nature Reserve is listed as tourist attraction, nature preserve near Cape Town, in Ventersdorp/Tlokwe municipality, North West — about 98 km south of Rustenburg. The nearest other area in the directory is OPM Prozesky Bird Sanctuary, 23 km south.
98 kmsouth of Rustenburg
23 kmto the nearest listed area
82species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
Address1 De Dam Road, Vierlanden, Cape Town, 7550northwestparks.org.za
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction, Nature preserve
- Province
- North West
- District
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda
- Local municipality
- Ventersdorp/Tlokwe
- Town
- Cape Town 7550
- Coordinates
- -26.5377, 27.0912
- Nearest large town
- Rustenburg, 98 km south
- Website
- northwestparks.org.za
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary23 km south
- Highveld Nature ReserveNature reserve25 km south-west
- Stromatolite/basal fault plane siteProtected area · 0 km²32 km south-east
- Kohra Khora Lion ParkWildlife sanctuary37 km south-west
- Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area · 301 km²41 km south-east
- Schoonspruit NatuurreservaatNature reserve42 km north-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Boskop Dam Nature Reserve
23 mammal and 394 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica45
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus9
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata8
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis7
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus7
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne7
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis6
- Pied CrowCorvus albus6
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali6
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus6
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata6
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca6
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus6
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis6
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.