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Wildlife sanctuary · KwaZulu-Natal
Karkloof Conservation Centre
Karkloof Conservation Centre is listed as nature preserve, tourist attraction near Howick, in uMngeni municipality, KwaZulu-Natal — about 30 km north-west of Pietermaritzburg. The nearest other area in the directory is Karkloof Falls, 5 km south.
30 kmnorth-west of Pietermaritzburg
5 kmto the nearest listed area
87species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
AddressHowickkarkloofconservation.org.za
Facts
- Type
- Wildlife sanctuary
- Listed as
- Nature preserve, Tourist attraction
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umgungundlovu
- Local municipality
- uMngeni
- Town
- Howick
- Coordinates
- -29.3555, 30.2618
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 30 km north-west
- Website
- karkloofconservation.org.za
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Friday | 06:00–19:00 |
| 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.
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Karkloof FallsNature reserve5 km south
- WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary14 km south
- Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve14 km south
- Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserve15 km south
- Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area16 km south-east
- Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve17 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Karkloof Conservation Centre
49 mammal and 12 450 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum382
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca359
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash345
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis310
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus305
- Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatus281
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata269
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris261
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus248
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus247
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata224
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala221
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana208
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis207
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.