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National park · Western Cape
Karoo National Park
Karoo National Park is a national park in Western Cape, about 28 km west of Beaufort West. It covers 768 km² — number 3 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1979.
768km² recorded size
1979year established
933 melevation of the point
28 kmwest of Beaufort West
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- Beaufort West
- Size
- 768 km² · 76 786 ha
- Rank by size
- 15 of 115 nationally · 3 in Western Cape
- Established
- 1979
- Elevation
- 933 m
- Part of
- Cape Karoo
- Coordinates
- -32.2622, 22.3091
- Nearest large town
- Beaufort West, 28 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 16 languages
Nearby
- Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve34 km east
Swartberg Nature ReserveProtected area125 km south- Wildehondekloof Game Reserve OudtshoornPrivate game reserve136 km south
- Dr Appie van Heerden Nature ReserveProtected area · 16 km²140 km north
- Cango WildlifeNature reserve145 km south
Gamkaberg Nature ReserveProtected area172 km south
GBIF records within 16 km
Wildlife recorded around Karoo National Park
744 mammal and 29 043 bird occurrence records within 16 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Mountain ZebraEquus zebra98
- GemsbokOryx gazella98
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama90
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros65
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris63
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus58
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus51
- SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis39
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis25
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus23
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx20
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga16
- Black RhinocerosDiceros bicornis12
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus12
Birds
- Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroup708
- Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii672
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris626
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus625
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus614
- Mountain WheatearOenanthe monticola603
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis602
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula588
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris584
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus574
- Karoo Scrub RobinErythropygia coryphoeus570
- Karoo Long-billed LarkCerthilauda subcoronata567
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans563
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas558
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.