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Nature reserve · Western Cape
De Hoop Nature Reserve
De Hoop Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 47 km south of Swellendam. It covers 340 km² — number 7 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1957.
340km² recorded size
1957year established
49 melevation of the point
47 kmsouth of Swellendam
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve (protected area, nature reserve)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg
- Local municipality
- Cape Agulhas
- Size
- 340 km² · 34 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 27 of 115 nationally · 7 in Western Cape
- Established
- 1957
- Elevation
- 49 m
- IUCN category
- II — national park
- Part of
- Cape Floristic Kingdom
- Coordinates
- -34.4342, 20.5478
- Nearest large town
- Swellendam, 47 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 13 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1180030 · official website · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- De Hoop Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area20 km east
- Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve41 km north
Bontebok National ParkNational park · 28 km²42 km north
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve51 km south-west
Marloth Nature ReserveProtected area53 km north
Boosmansbos Wilderness AreaProtected area · 142 km²65 km north-east
GBIF records within 11 km
Wildlife recorded around De Hoop Nature Reserve
590 mammal and 45 942 bird occurrence records within 11 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis116
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus103
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx75
- Mountain ZebraEquus zebra41
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio34
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis34
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus34
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus20
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus14
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus13
- Scrub HareLepus saxatilis12
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata8
- CaracalCaracal caracal8
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis8
Birds
- Cape VultureGyps coprotheres1 086
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis985
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris767
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis744
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis707
- Blue CraneAnthropoides paradiseus706
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra696
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca679
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola648
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus641
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis588
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris584
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus580
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus573
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.