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Nature reserve · Gauteng
Marais Dam
Marais Dam is listed as nature preserve near Pretoria, in City of Tshwane municipality, Gauteng — about 19 km south-east of Pretoria. The nearest other area in the directory is Rietvlei Nature Reserve, 2 km north-west.
19 kmsouth-east of Pretoria
2 kmto the nearest listed area
100species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressRietvallei 377-Jr, Pretoria, 0181tshwane.gov.za
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Tshwane
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Town
- Pretoria 0181
- Coordinates
- -25.9062, 28.3104
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 19 km south-east
- Website
- tshwane.gov.za
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area · 38 km²2 km north-west
- Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve10 km north
- Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km north-west
- Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve17 km north-west
- Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve · 0 km²17 km west
- Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve17 km north-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Marais Dam
820 mammal and 18 696 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga164
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx121
- Black WildebeestConnochaetes gnou94
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus81
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus80
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama62
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata37
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer34
- SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis34
- MeerkatSuricata suricatta28
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius13
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum11
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum8
- ServalLeptailurus serval4
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus2 372
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix1 967
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea894
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus607
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne398
- African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus baeticatus374
- Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis351
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus333
- Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor330
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild327
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris287
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens274
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens271
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris222
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.