Protected area · Gauteng
Dinokeng Game Reserve
Dinokeng Game Reserve is a protected area in Gauteng, about 42 km north of Pretoria. It covers 185 km² — number 1 by size of the 15 Gauteng areas with a recorded size.
185km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
42 kmnorth of Pretoria
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Gauteng
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Size
- 185 km² · 18 500 ha
- Rank by size
- 37 of 115 nationally · 1 in Gauteng
- Part of
- Blue IQ
- Coordinates
- -25.3781, 28.3167
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 42 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q65084216 · official website · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Ditsong Tswaing Crater MuseumNature reserve · 19 km²22 km west- Zebra Nature ReserveNature reserve22 km south-east
- Rust De Winter Nature ReserveProtected area25 km north-east
- Rust de Winter NatuurreservaatNature reserve25 km north-east
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km south- De Onderstepoort Private Nature ReserveNature reserve32 km south-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressN1 North, Hammanskraal, 0400dinokengreserve.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Friday | 06:00–18:00 |
| 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.
GBIF records within 8 km
Wildlife recorded around Dinokeng Game Reserve
668 mammal and 90 519 bird occurrence records within 8 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus101
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus90
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga87
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros58
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa55
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus44
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus21
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii20
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer14
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo14
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus13
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama11
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi10
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum9
Birds
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor1 566
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus1 495
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis1 386
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis1 372
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 328
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris1 277
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola1 218
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus1 131
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena1 125
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas1 120
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis1 115
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis1 095
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis1 093
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii1 086
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.