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Nature reserve · Mpumalanga
Shaws Gate
Shaws Gate is listed as nature preserve near Sabie Park, in Bushbuckridge municipality, Mpumalanga — about 73 km north-west of Komatipoort. The nearest other area in the directory is Sabiepark, 6 km south.
73 kmnorth-west of Komatipoort
6 kmto the nearest listed area
93species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
AddressPortion 4, Shaws Gate Lisbon 297 Sabie Game Reserve, 1350sabiegamereserve.org
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve
- Province
- Mpumalanga
- District
- Ehlanzeni
- Local municipality
- Bushbuckridge
- Town
- Sabie Park 1350
- Coordinates
- -24.9283, 31.4796
- Nearest large town
- Komatipoort, 73 km north-west
- Website
- sabiegamereserve.org
Opening hours
| Monday | 05:00–22:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 05:00–22:00 |
| Wednesday | 05:00–22:00 |
| Thursday | 05:00–22:00 |
| Friday | 05:00–22:00 |
| Saturday | 05:00–22:00 |
| Sunday | 05:00–22:00 |
Weekly hours, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- SabieparkNature reserve · 3 km²6 km south
- Lion Sands Game ReservePrivate game reserve7 km south-east
- Londolozi Game ReservePrivate game reserve15 km north
- Mala Mala Game ReserveGame reserve16 km north-east
- Idube Game ReservePrivate game reserve16 km north-west
- Sabi Sands Game ReserveNature reserve18 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Shaws Gate
92 mammal and 1 906 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- African elephantLoxodonta africana26
- LeopardPanthera pardus14
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum7
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus6
- LionPanthera leo6
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus6
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros4
- Spotted HyenaCrocuta crocuta3
- Common Dwarf MongooseHelogale parvula2
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi2
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga2
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius2
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus2
Birds
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis51
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas39
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus38
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor34
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus34
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena32
- Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis29
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus28
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens26
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis26
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos26
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus26
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii25
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica25
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.