National park · Limpopo
Mapungubwe National Park
Mapungubwe National Park is a national park in Limpopo, about 86 km west of Musina. It covers 152 km² — number 8 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1995.
152km² recorded size
1995year established
568 melevation of the point
86 kmwest of Musina
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Vhembe
- Local municipality
- Musina
- Size
- 152 km² · 15 237 ha
- Rank by size
- 41 of 115 nationally · 8 in Limpopo
- Established
- 1995
- Elevation
- 568 m
- Part of
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
- Coordinates
- -22.2281, 29.2126
- Nearest large town
- Musina, 86 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 20 languages
Nearby
Venetia Limpopo Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km south
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area · 4 872 km²11 km north- Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve67 km south
- The Herd ReserveNature reserve86 km east
Blouberg Nature ReserveProtected area88 km south
Musina Nature ReserveNature reserve89 km east
GBIF records within 7 km
Wildlife recorded around Mapungubwe National Park
487 mammal and 25 366 bird occurrence records within 7 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus60
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus55
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus50
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga37
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus37
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi34
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus28
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa24
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus20
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris17
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo13
- African elephantLoxodonta africana12
- Bush HyraxHeterohyrax brucei11
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus9
Birds
- Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii401
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola338
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis335
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus333
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis308
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus305
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides304
- Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger300
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca300
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis299
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea291
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus288
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor276
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus276
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.