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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Ithala Game Reserve
Ithala Game Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 60 km north-east of Vryheid. It covers 290 km² — number 9 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1973.
290km² recorded size
1973year established
939 melevation of the point
60 kmnorth-east of Vryheid
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Zululand
- Local municipality
- uPhongolo
- Size
- 290 km² · 29 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 30 of 115 nationally · 9 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1973
- Elevation
- 939 m
- Coordinates
- -27.5159, 31.3313
- Nearest large town
- Vryheid, 60 km north-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 12 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1381580 · WDPA 1350 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- HlobaneNature reserve39 km south-west
- Somkhanda Game ReserveGame reserve51 km east
Pongola Game ReserveGame reserve54 km east- Golela BushNature reserve56 km east
- Vryheid Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve59 km south-west
- Elsewhere Game ReservePrivate game reserve60 km south-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressLouwsburg, 3150ithala.info
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 10 km
Wildlife recorded around Ithala Game Reserve
473 mammal and 22 618 bird occurrence records within 10 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa49
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga46
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus45
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros43
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus33
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus31
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis25
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus24
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx21
- Mountain ReedbuckRedunca fulvorufula17
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama16
- Common TsessebeDamaliscus lunatus15
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus15
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus12
Birds
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris320
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus309
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus301
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens301
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis280
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus274
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola262
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius251
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura246
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris238
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava235
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus234
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus233
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala227
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.