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Game reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
uMkhuze Game Reserve
uMkhuze Game Reserve is a game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 83 km north of St Lucia. It covers 333 km² — number 8 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1912.
333km² recorded size
1912year established
115 melevation of the point
83 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Jozini
- Size
- 333 km² · 33 330 ha
- Rank by size
- 28 of 115 nationally · 8 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1912
- Elevation
- 115 m
- IUCN category
- Ia — strict nature reserve
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.6500, 32.2500
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 83 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 5 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q6885492 · WDPA 555563944 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve17 km south-east
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve19 km south-west
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserve26 km west- Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve31 km east
- St. Lucia SystemProtected area · 1 555 km²37 km south-east
False Bay ParkNature reserve · 12 km²38 km south
GBIF records within 11 km
Wildlife recorded around uMkhuze Game Reserve
2 210 mammal and 241 262 bird occurrence records within 11 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii394
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus241
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus182
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga176
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa161
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus154
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus112
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus90
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros78
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius64
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea61
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum46
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia41
- LionPanthera leo29
Birds
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos3 734
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens2 940
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola2 868
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis2 845
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis2 830
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus2 756
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana2 602
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla2 585
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica2 562
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus2 527
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor2 526
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus2 460
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus2 178
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura2 152
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.