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- KwaZulu-Natal
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- River Valley Nature Reserve
Game reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
River Valley Nature Reserve
River Valley Nature Reserve is listed as nature preserve, bird watching area, coffee shop near Margate, in Ray Nkonyeni municipality, KwaZulu-Natal — about 14 km south-west of Port Shepstone. The nearest other area in the directory is Skyline Nature Reserve, 3 km north-east.
14 kmsouth-west of Port Shepstone
3 kmto the nearest listed area
84species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
Address1 Portal Ave, Margate, 4275rivervalleynaturereserve.co.za
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve, Bird watching area, Coffee shop, Farm shop, Hiking area, Picnic ground
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Ugu
- Local municipality
- Ray Nkonyeni
- Town
- Margate 4275
- Coordinates
- -30.8337, 30.3622
- Nearest large town
- Port Shepstone, 14 km south-west
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km north-east
- Mbumbazi Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km west
- Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area15 km south
- Oribi GorgeProtected area15 km north-west
- Lake Eland Game ReserveGame reserve23 km north-west
- Umtamvuna Nature ReserveProtected area27 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around River Valley Nature Reserve
16 mammal and 2 596 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash78
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata60
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca58
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio55
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus54
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus52
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus52
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis51
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus45
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea41
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus39
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata39
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina39
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp39
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.