Game reserve · Limpopo
Lapalala Wilderness
Lapalala Wilderness is a game reserve in Limpopo, about 70 km east of Lephalale. It covers 480 km² — number 4 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size.
480km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
70 kmeast of Lephalale
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve (protected area, game reserve)
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Waterberg District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Mogalakwena
- Size
- 480 km² · 48 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 21 of 115 nationally · 4 in Limpopo
- Designations
- International Dark Sky Park
- Part of
- Waterberg Biosphere
- Coordinates
- -23.8422, 28.3664
- Nearest large town
- Lephalale, 70 km east
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Nearby
Moepel Nature ReserveNature reserve17 km north-east- Ons Toekoms Private Nature ReserveNature reserve20 km south-west
- Jes ParkWildlife sanctuary29 km south
Masebe Nature ReserveNature reserve · 45 km²31 km north-east- Summerplace Game ReservePrivate game reserve35 km south
- Palala Private Nature ReserveNature reserve42 km north-west
GBIF records within 13 km
Wildlife recorded around Lapalala Wilderness
327 mammal and 10 068 bird occurrence records within 13 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros47
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus32
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa31
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia27
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus15
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus10
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis10
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx10
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer9
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama9
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga8
- Roan AntelopeHippotragus equinus8
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus8
- Common TsessebeDamaliscus lunatus7
Birds
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis161
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos161
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor158
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis152
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla151
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor143
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus138
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala138
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus134
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens130
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola130
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris126
- Southern Black TitParus niger123
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris122
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.