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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Cumberland Nature Reserve
Cumberland Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 15 km north-east of Pietermaritzburg. It covers 3,00 km² — number 26 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size.
3,0km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
15 kmnorth-east of Pietermaritzburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umgungundlovu
- Local municipality
- uMshwathi
- Size
- 3,00 km² · 300 ha
- Rank by size
- 86 of 115 nationally · 26 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Coordinates
- -29.5217, 30.5044
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 15 km north-east
Sources: Wikidata Q93759713 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve13 km north-west
- Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area14 km north-west
- Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km west
- Mpushini Protected EnvironmentProtected area · 6 km²17 km south
- Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve22 km west
- Karkloof FallsNature reserve26 km north-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressD408 Table Mountain Rd, Bishopstowe, Pietermaritzburg, 3252cumberlandreserve.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Cumberland Nature Reserve
193 mammal and 4 443 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa42
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus30
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga29
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus21
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros17
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus13
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii12
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis6
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia4
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus4
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus3
- ServalLeptailurus serval2
- Single-Striped LemniscomysLemniscomys rosalia2
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum2
Birds
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina97
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava82
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla79
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus73
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens73
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus73
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis67
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus67
- Southern Black TitParus niger64
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica62
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata61
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus58
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris58
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens56
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.