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Game reserve · Eastern Cape
Shamwari Private Game Reserve
Shamwari Private Game Reserve is a game reserve in Eastern Cape, about 45 km west of Makhanda. Proclaimed or established in 1992.
—km² recorded size
1992year established
—elevation of the point
45 kmwest of Makhanda
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- Local municipality
- Makana
- Established
- 1992
- Coordinates
- -33.4350, 26.0760
- Nearest large town
- Makhanda, 45 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 4 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q7487809 · official website · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Amakhala Game ReserveGame reserve12 km south
- Bellevue Forest ReserveNature reserve14 km north-west
- Lalibela Game ReserveGame reserve17 km east
- Hopewell Private Game ReserveGame reserve21 km south
- Nyati ConcessionProtected area · 140 km²28 km west
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park · 1 640 km²31 km west
Address and visiting
Listed addressShamwari Private Game Reserve, Paterson, 6130shamwari.com
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Shamwari Private Game Reserve
26 mammal and 622 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
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus23
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus18
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens17
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis15
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus13
- Pied CrowCorvus albus12
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis12
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus11
- Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus10
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus10
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora10
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris10
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola10
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus9
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.