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Nature reserve · Gauteng
The Cradle Nature Reserve
The Cradle Nature Reserve is listed as tourist attraction, nature preserve near Krugersdorp, in Mogale City municipality, Gauteng — about 37 km north-west of Johannesburg. The nearest other area in the directory is Motsetsi, 2 km north-west.
37 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
2 kmto the nearest listed area
95species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressKromdraai Rd, Lanseria, Krugersdorp, 1748cradlehotel.co.za
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction, Nature preserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- West Rand
- Local municipality
- Mogale City
- Town
- Krugersdorp 1748
- Coordinates
- -25.9215, 27.8504
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 37 km north-west
- Website
- cradlehotel.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
- MotsetsiProtected heritage site · 0 km²2 km north-west
- Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve3 km south
- SwartkransProtected heritage site6 km west
- HaasgatProtected heritage site · 0 km²7 km north
- Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km south-west
- Plovers LakeProtected heritage site · 0 km²10 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around The Cradle Nature Reserve
96 mammal and 1 105 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 giraffa15
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus11
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus10
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus6
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx5
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama5
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata4
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus4
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus4
- MeerkatSuricata suricatta3
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga3
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus3
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii3
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus3
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus36
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus27
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava25
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica24
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla24
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii22
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus22
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus20
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio19
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens19
- Pied CrowCorvus albus18
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus18
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla17
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens17
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.