Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Waterberg District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Bela-Bela
- Coordinates
- -24.8333, 28.0481
- Nearest large town
- Modimolle, 39 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1252665 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Thaba MoririNature reserve10 km south-east
- 9 Highlands WildernessNature reserve13 km east
- 56 Highlands WildernessNature reserve14 km east
- Mabula Game ReserveProtected area17 km north-west
- Olien Van Rooyen WildlifePrivate game reserve18 km south-east
- Marulani Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve20 km east
Address and visiting
Listed addressMabalingwe Nature Reserve R516 Rooiberg Rd Thabazimbi Road, Bela-Bela, 0480mabalingwe.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Mabalingwe Game Reserve
281 mammal and 4 927 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus35
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus26
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii26
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo21
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa20
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus19
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros19
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus18
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus17
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga15
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi13
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus11
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus9
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer5
Birds
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor137
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis110
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis107
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus104
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris100
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas99
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus92
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis91
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris90
- Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus86
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena84
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola82
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens80
- Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis78
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.