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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Tala Game Reserve entrance gate
Tala Game Reserve entrance gate is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 30 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
668 melevation of the point
30 kmsouth-east of Pietermaritzburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umgungundlovu
- Local municipality
- Mkhambathini
- Elevation
- 668 m
- Coordinates
- -29.8341, 30.5268
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 30 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q32027096 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Tala Game Reserve receptionNature reserve2 km north-east
- Honey Trails: HikingNature reserve17 km north-east
- Mpushini Protected EnvironmentProtected area · 6 km²18 km north
- Phezulu Safari ParkNature reserve21 km north-east
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area24 km east
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area27 km east
Address and visiting
Listed addressR603 Umbumbulu Road, Camperdown, Pietermaritzburg, 3202tala.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Tala Game Reserve entrance gate
170 mammal and 9 126 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa27
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga24
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus21
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus19
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus18
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii17
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros11
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius8
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus5
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus5
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx4
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus4
Birds
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus306
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild179
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus157
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra147
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca141
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus132
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris125
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis124
- White-browed Scrub RobinErythropygia leucophrys123
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala118
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor117
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata116
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina113
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo107
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.