- Parkveld
- Timeline
A timeline of proclamations
Year of proclamation or establishment as recorded in Wikidata. Many reserves were enlarged, renamed or re-proclaimed later; the year shown is the first one recorded.
1890s
- 1893Rooipoort Nature ReserveNC Nature reserve · 400 km²
1910s
- 1912uMkhuze Game ReserveKZN Game reserve · 333 km²
- 1916St. Lucia Game ParkKZN Nature reserve · 378 km²
1920s
- 1920Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveEC Protected area · 5 000 km²
- 1926Kruger National ParkLP National park · 19 623 km²
1930s
- 1931Addo Elephant National ParkEC National park · 1 640 km²
- 1931Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkNC Transfrontier area · 38 000 km²
- 1931Bontebok National ParkWC National park · 28 km²
- 1937Mountain Zebra National ParkEC National park · 284 km²
- 1939Saint Lucia ParkKZN Nature reserve · 156 km²
1940s
- 1943Royal Natal National ParkKZN Nature reserve · 61 km²
- 1944Marakele National ParkLP National park
- 1944False Bay ParkKZN Nature reserve · 12 km²
- 1948Amatikulu Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve
- 1948Springside Nature ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1948Coleford Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve
1950s
- 1950Krantzkloof Nature ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1950Sodwana Bay National ParkKZN National park · 12 km²
- 1951Kamberg Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve
- 1952Rondevlei Nature ReserveWC Protected area · 3 km²
- 1953Lotheni Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 40 km²
- 1954Impeleshu Forest ReserveKZN Nature reserve
- 1954Vaaldam Nature ReserveMP Protected area · 253 km²
- 1956Timbavati Game ReserveMP Game reserve
- 1957De Hoop Nature ReserveWC Nature reserve · 340 km²
- 1959Melville KoppiesGP Nature reserve · 2 km²
1960s
- 1961Willem Pretorius Game ReserveFS Protected area
- 1962Akkerendam Nature ReserveNC Nature reserve · 28 km²
- 1963Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveKZN Protected area · 3 km²
- 1963Golden Gate Highlands National ParkFS National park · 116 km²
- 1964Tsitsikamma National ParkEC National park
- 1966Augrabies Falls National ParkNC National park · 820 km²
- 1968Wilderness National ParkWC National park
1970s
- 1971Umtamvuna Nature ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1972Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveNW Protected area
- 1973Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 22 km²
- 1973Cederberg Wilderness AreaWC Protected area · 710 km²
- 1973Dr Appie van Heerden Nature ReserveNC Protected area · 16 km²
- 1973Cape Recife Nature ReserveEC Nature reserve · 3 km²
- 1973Ithala Game ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 290 km²
- 1973Empisini Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 1 km²
- 1973CederbergWC Protected area · 710 km²
- 1973Alice Glockner Nature ReserveGP Protected area
- 1974Gamkaberg Nature ReserveWC Protected area
- 1974Bluff Nature ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1975Albert Falls Game ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1975Chelmsford Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve
- 1977Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1978Boosmansbos Wilderness AreaWC Protected area · 142 km²
- 1979Hottentots Holland Nature ReserveWC Forest reserve
- 1979Pilanesberg National ParkNW Game reserve · 550 km²
- 1979Karoo National ParkWC National park · 768 km²
- 1979Tsolwana Nature ReserveEC Protected area
- 1979St. Lucia Marine ReserveKZN Marine protected area · 465 km²
1980s
- 1983Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNC Nature reserve · 48 km²
- 1984Masebe Nature ReserveLP Nature reserve · 45 km²
- 1984Zingela Safari & River CompanyKZN Protected area · 80 km²
- 1984Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveGP Nature reserve
- 1984Maphelane Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 11 km²
- 1985Clarens Village Nature ReserveFS Nature reserve
- 1985Umtiza Nature ReserveEC Nature reserve · 6 km²
- 1985West Coast National ParkWC National park
- 1985Roosfontein Nature ReserveKZN Protected area
- 1985Mthethomusha Game ReserveMP Game reserve · 80 km²
- 1986Island Nature ReserveEC Nature reserve · 5 km²
- 1986De Mond Nature ReserveWC Nature reserve
- 1986Tankwa Karoo National ParkNC National park
- 1986St. Lucia SystemKZN Protected area · 1 555 km²
- 1986Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandKZN Marine protected area · 746 km²
- 1987Sam Knott Nature ReserveEC Nature reserve · 155 km²
- 1987Maputaland Marine ReserveKZN Marine protected area · 364 km²
- 1988Modderfontein ReserveGP Nature reserve · 3 km²
- 1988Anysberg Nature ReserveWC Protected area
- 1989Corridor Game ReserveKZN Game reserve
1990s
- 1990Atherstone Nature ReserveLP Protected area · 235 km²
- 1991Koeberg Nature ReserveWC Nature reserve · 27 km²
- 1991Kosi BayKZN Nature reserve · 110 km²
- 1992Matshakatini Nature ReserveLP Nature reserve · 276 km²
- 1992Shamwari Private Game ReserveEC Game reserve
- 1992Coastal Forest ReserveKZN Forest reserve · 26 km²
- 1993UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkKZN Protected area · 2 428 km²
- 1993Selati Game ReserveLP Game reserve
- 1994Great Fish River Nature ReserveEC Protected area
- 1994Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 72 km²
- 1995SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveWC Nature reserve
- 1995Mapungubwe National ParkLP National park · 152 km²
- 1996Ditsong Tswaing Crater MuseumGP Nature reserve · 19 km²
- 1998Table Mountain National ParkWC National park · 225 km²
- 1998Agulhas National ParkWC National park · 57 km²
- 1999Amakhala Game ReserveEC Game reserve
- 1999Namaqua National ParkNC National park · 14 km²
2000s
- 2000Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveWC Nature reserve · 3 km²
- 2000Cape West CoastWC Biosphere reserve
- 2000iSimangaliso Wetland ParkKZN Protected area · 13 289 km²
- 2001Drie Kuilen Private Nature ReserveWC Nature reserve · 43 km²
- 2001Waterberg BiosphereLP Biosphere reserve · 6 540 km²
- 2001Kragga Kamma Game ParkEC Protected area
- 2002Laohu Valley ReserveFS Protected area
- 2003ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier ParkNC Transfrontier area
- 2005Camdeboo National ParkEC National park
- 2006Chimp EdenMP Game reserve
- 2006Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaLP Transfrontier area · 4 872 km²
- 2007Mokala National ParkNC National park
- 2009Garden Route National ParkWC National park · 1 210 km²
2010s
- 2013Mac-Mac Forest Nature ReserveMP Forest reserve
- 2016Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentFS Protected area · 168 km²
- 2017Greater Lakenvlei Protected EnvironmentMP Protected area
- 2018Ingula Nature ReserveKZN Nature reserve · 81 km²
- 2019Crocodile River ReserveGP Nature reserve · 31 km²
- 2019Gamsberg Nature ReserveNC Protected area · 218 km²
2020s
- 2021Rooiklippies Nature ReserveNC Nature reserve
- 2022Upper Wilge Protected EnvironmentFS Protected area
- 2025Grassland National ParkEC National park · 1 km²