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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Royal Natal National Park
Royal Natal National Park is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 50 km south of Harrismith. It covers 61,5 km² — number 15 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1943.
61,5km² recorded size
1943year established
1 882 melevation of the point
50 kmsouth of Harrismith
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve (provincial park, nature reserve)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Uthukela
- Local municipality
- Okhahlamba
- Size
- 61,5 km² · 6 146 ha
- Rank by size
- 53 of 115 nationally · 15 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1943
- Elevation
- 1 882 m
- Part of
- UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
- Coordinates
- -28.6890, 28.9450
- Nearest large town
- Harrismith, 50 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 13 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1381505 · WDPA 555563964 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Rugged Glen Nature ReserveNature reserve5 km east
- Witzieshoek NaturellereserweNature reserve13 km north-west
- QwaQwa National ParkNational park30 km north-west
Sterkfontein Dam Nature ReserveProtected area33 km north
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park · 116 km²37 km north-west
Clarens Village Nature ReserveNature reserve57 km west
GBIF records within 5 km
Wildlife recorded around Royal Natal National Park
245 mammal and 20 336 bird occurrence records within 5 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus74
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus70
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx19
- Mountain ReedbuckRedunca fulvorufula17
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus15
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta12
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia7
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis7
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus3
- White-tailed MongooseIchneumia albicauda2
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga2
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii2
Birds
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio456
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra412
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis383
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens378
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus358
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris357
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris356
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer327
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens314
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash310
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus298
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola290
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus288
- Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus afer282
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.