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Nature reserve · Gauteng
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve is listed as tourist attraction, national reserve, nature preserve near Krugersdorp, in Mogale City municipality, Gauteng — about 36 km north-west of Johannesburg. The nearest other area in the directory is Plovers Lake, 2 km south-west.
36 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
2 kmto the nearest listed area
98species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
Address520 Kromdraai Road, Kromdraai, Krugersdorp, 1739rhinolion.co.za
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction, National reserve, Nature preserve, Wildlife park
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- West Rand
- Local municipality
- Mogale City
- Town
- Krugersdorp 1739
- Coordinates
- -25.9716, 27.7919
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 36 km north-west
- Website
- rhinolion.co.za
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 08:00–17:00 |
| Friday | 08:00–17:00 |
| Saturday | not listed |
| Sunday | not listed |
Only the days shown were listed, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Plovers LakeProtected heritage site · 0 km²2 km south-west
- Minnaar's CavesProtected heritage site · 0 km²3 km south-west
- DrimolenProtected heritage site · 0 km²4 km west
- SwartkransProtected heritage site5 km north
- Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve6 km east
- Coopers CaveProtected heritage site · 0 km²6 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve
133 mammal and 14 248 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- South African Ground SquirrelXerus inauris21
- Australopithecus robustus21
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata14
- Black WildebeestConnochaetes gnou8
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer6
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus6
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus6
- SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis5
- Roan AntelopeHippotragus equinus4
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus4
- GemsbokOryx gazella4
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx4
- Mountain ZebraEquus zebra3
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus3
Birds
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix634
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus385
- Pied CrowCorvus albus315
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris266
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris248
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis245
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus244
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor242
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash242
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus231
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca229
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus224
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis210
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus207
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.