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- Howick Umngeni River Conservancy
Private game reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Howick Umngeni River Conservancy
Howick Umngeni River Conservancy is listed as nature preserve near Howick, in uMngeni municipality, KwaZulu-Natal — about 20 km north-west of Pietermaritzburg. The nearest other area in the directory is Midmar Nature Reserve, 2 km south-west.
20 kmnorth-west of Pietermaritzburg
2 kmto the nearest listed area
90species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
Address11 Moonwalk Rd, Greendale Park, Howick, 3290conservancieskzn.org.za
Facts
- Type
- Private game reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umgungundlovu
- Local municipality
- uMngeni
- Town
- Howick 3290
- Coordinates
- -29.4869, 30.2139
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 20 km north-west
- Website
- conservancieskzn.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
- Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve2 km south-west
- WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary3 km north-east
- Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km north-east
- Karkloof FallsNature reserve12 km north-east
- Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve13 km south-east
- Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Howick Umngeni River Conservancy
50 mammal and 24 196 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga20
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus4
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus4
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama3
- ServalLeptailurus serval2
- Greater Cane RatThryonomys swinderianus2
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus2
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia2
- Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis2
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus2
Birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 159
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus962
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash750
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus622
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata610
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis560
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina560
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca559
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis550
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus528
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus527
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus523
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra521
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons512
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.