Nature reserve · Limpopo
Sondela Nature Reserve
Sondela Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Limpopo (Bela-Bela municipality), about 25 km south of Modimolle. It covers 48,0 km² — number 11 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size.
48,0km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
25 kmsouth of Modimolle
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Waterberg District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Bela-Bela
- Size
- 48,0 km² · 4 800 ha
- Rank by size
- 55 of 115 nationally · 11 in Limpopo
- Coordinates
- -24.9264, 28.3911
- Nearest large town
- Modimolle, 25 km south
Sources: Wikidata Q112292123 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Lejwe La Metsi Private ReservePrivate game reserve13 km north-west
- Cheetah ExperienceWildlife sanctuary14 km north
- Marulani Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve18 km north-west
- Olien Van Rooyen WildlifePrivate game reserve18 km west
- Combretum ParkNature reserve20 km north-east
- 56 Highlands WildernessNature reserve23 km north-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressFarm TweefonteinWarmbaths 462 KR District, Bela-Bela, 0480sondela.com
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 4 km
Wildlife recorded around Sondela Nature Reserve
147 mammal and 38 950 bird occurrence records within 4 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii30
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga22
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus21
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus14
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa14
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo13
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus10
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus4
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus3
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea2
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx2
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros2
Birds
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus1 195
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis1 181
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali1 124
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris1 119
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus1 100
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola1 006
- Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii992
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus986
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus967
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis950
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor932
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus818
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea766
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii754
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.