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Nature reserve · Eastern Cape
Samara Karoo Reserve
Samara Karoo Reserve is listed as hotel, ecological park, lodge near Graaff-Reinet, in Blue Crane Route municipality, Eastern Cape — about 28 km south-east of Graaff-Reinet. The nearest other area in the directory is Camdeboo National Park, 31 km north-west.
28 kmsouth-east of Graaff-Reinet
31 kmto the nearest listed area
55species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressOff the R63 to Pearston, Petersburg Rd, Graaff-Reinet, 6280samara.co.za
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Hotel, Ecological park, Lodge, Nature preserve
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- District
- Cacadu
- Local municipality
- Blue Crane Route
- Town
- Graaff-Reinet 6280
- Coordinates
- -32.4404, 24.7348
- Nearest large town
- Graaff-Reinet, 28 km south-east
- Website
- samara.co.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
- Camdeboo National ParkNational park31 km north-west
- Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park · 284 km²71 km east
- Umzi Wethu Conservation AcademyNature reserve85 km east
- Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area · 5 000 km²130 km south-west
- Nyati ConcessionProtected area · 140 km²144 km south-east
- Addo Elephant National ParkNational park · 1 640 km²146 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Samara Karoo Reserve
117 mammal and 172 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Paeba Hairy-footed GerbilGerbillurus paeba47
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio12
- Cape Short-tailed GerbilDesmodillus auricularis10
- Bat-eared FoxOtocyon megalotis3
- Cape SerotineLaephotis capensis2
- South African Ground SquirrelXerus inauris2
- Southern African Pouched MouseSaccostomus campestris2
- SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis2
Birds
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala8
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus5
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris5
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas4
- Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus4
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis4
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica4
- Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala4
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus4
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus4
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa4
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra3
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala3
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura3
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.