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Protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 43 km north of St Lucia. It covers 13 289 km² — number 1 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 2000.
KwaZulu-NatalWorld Heritage Site
13 289km² recorded size
2000year established
18 melevation of the point
43 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Big Five Hlabisa
- Size
- 13 289 km² · 1 328 901 ha
- Rank by size
- 3 of 115 nationally · 1 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 2000
- Elevation
- 18 m
- Designations
- World Heritage Site
- Managed or owned by
- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
- Coordinates
- -28.0000, 32.5000
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 43 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 38 languages
Nearby
- St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve · 378 km²7 km west
- Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve8 km south-east
- St. Lucia SystemProtected area · 1 555 km²9 km north
False Bay ParkNature reserve · 12 km²14 km west
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve · 40 km²20 km west- Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve20 km south-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressiSimangaliso Wetland Parkisimangaliso.com
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 30 km
Wildlife recorded around iSimangaliso Wetland Park
4 449 mammal and 304 702 bird occurrence records within 30 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii325
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros310
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer278
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis277
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga269
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus236
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus235
- Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis230
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus215
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus211
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus192
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa192
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius178
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus155
Birds
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus3 960
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris3 616
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris3 609
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash3 494
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla3 464
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana3 332
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos3 291
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura3 100
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata3 043
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus3 035
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica2 831
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2 793
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus2 699
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis2 608
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.