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- The Wilds Nature Reserve
Nature reserve · Gauteng
The Wilds Nature Reserve
The Wilds Nature Reserve is listed as park, nature preserve, tourist attraction near Johannesburg, in City of Johannesburg municipality, Gauteng — about 3 km north of Johannesburg. The nearest other area in the directory is Melville Koppies, 6 km west.
3 kmnorth of Johannesburg
6 kmto the nearest listed area
81species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
AddressHoughton Dr, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, 2198jhbcityparksandzoo.com
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Park, Nature preserve, Tourist attraction
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Johannesburg
- Local municipality
- City of Johannesburg
- Town
- Johannesburg 2198
- Coordinates
- -26.1736, 28.0520
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 3 km north
- Website
- jhbcityparksandzoo.com
Opening hours
| Monday | 06:00–18:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Wednesday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Thursday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Friday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Saturday | 06:00–18:00 |
| Sunday | 06:00–18:00 |
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
- Melville KoppiesNature reserve · 2 km²6 km west
- Montgomery VleiNature reserve7 km west
- Rotary ParkNature reserve8 km east
- Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve14 km south
- Modderfontein ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²14 km north-east
- Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km south
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around The Wilds Nature Reserve
16 mammal and 7 691 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus607
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis492
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus454
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca354
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis326
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash326
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor270
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus247
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi230
- Pied CrowCorvus albus188
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus186
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra165
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus154
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola146
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.