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QUICKFINDERAlphabetical List of Content

Addo Elephant NP 64Agulhas NP 48|Ai-|Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park 24Akkerendam NR 18Albert Falls NR 78Amakhala GR 62aMatikulu NR 90Andover GR 140Andries Vosloo Kudu NR 68Anysberg NR 52Assegaaibosch NR 44Augrabies Falls NP 22Balule NR 142 Banhine NP 146Barberspan Bird Sanctuary 108Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area 60Bazaruto Archipelago NP 148Beachwood Mangroves 74Ben Alberts NR 162Ben Lavin NR 164Bird Island 18Blinkwater NR 78Bloemfontein 104Bloemhof Dam NR 108Blouberg NR 162Bluff NR 74Blyde Olifants Conservancy 142Blyde ‘Molatse’ River Canyon NR 136Bontebok NP 52 Boosmansbos Wilderness Area 52 Borakalalo NP 112Bosberg NR 66Botsalano GR 110Bronkhorstspruit Dam NR 130Bushman’s Nek Valley 84Bwabwata NP 32Caledon NR 104Camdeboo NR (previously Karoo NR) 62Cape Henderson NR 70Cathedral Peak 80Cederberg Wilderness Area 16Central Kalahari GR 116Charara Safari Area 182Chelmsford NR 88Chete Safari Area 172Chewore Safari Area 180Chimanimani NP 176Chipinge Safari Area 176Chirisa Safari Area 172Chizarira NP 172Chobe NP 120Cobham NR 84Coleford NR 84Columbine NR 12Cradle of Humankind 156Craigie Burn NR 78Cwebe NR 70Dande Safari Area 180De Hoop NR 50De Mond NR 48Diepsloot NR 158D’Nyala NR 162Doma Safari Area 180Doorndraai Dam NR 160Doornkloof NR 106Doubledrift GR 68Dullstroom NR 134Durban 74Dwesa NR 70East London Coast Conservation Area 70eMakhosini-Opathe Heritage Park 92Erfenis Dam NR 102Etosha NP 36Faan Meintjies NR 108Fernkloof NR 46Formosa NR 60Fort Fordyce NR 68Fort Pato NR 70Gamkaberg NR 54Garden Castle NR 84

Gariep Dam NR 106Giant’s Castle NR 82Gilé National Reserve 152Goegap NR 18Golden Gate Highlands NP 100Gonarezhou NP 174Gorongosa NP 150Goukamma NR 54Grant’s Hill 104Great Fish River Reserve Complex 68Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park 146Groendal Wilderness Area 64Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area 14Grootvadersbosch NR 52Gulu NR 70Gustav Klingbiel NR 134Hans Merensky NR 142Harold Porter National Botanical Garden 46Hartbeeshoek GR 156Hartbeespoort Dam NR 112Hawekwas Conservation Area 40Heia Safari GR 156Highmoor 82Himeville NR 84Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park 90 Hluleka NR 70Honnet GR 164Hottentots Holland NR 44Hurungwe Safari Area 182Hwange NP 168iNjasuti 80iSimangaliso Wetland Park 94Ithala GR 88Jericho Dam NR 132Johannesburg 128Jonkershoek NR 44Kalkfontein Dam NR 106Kamberg NR 82Kammanassie NR 54Kaokoland 38Kapama GR 140Kariega GR 66Karkloof NR 78Karoo NP 42Kayser’s Beach NR 70Kazuma Pan NP 170Kenneth Stainbank NR 74Keurbooms River NR 58Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 20Kgaswane Mountain Reserve 112Khaudum Game Park 28Kidd’s Beach NR 70Klaserie NR 140Klipfontein NR 88Klipriviersberg NR 128Knysna National Lake Area 56Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve 46Kosi Bay NR 96Krantzkloof NR 74Kruger NP (Limpopo) 140Kruger NP (Mpumalanga) 138Krugersdorp GR 156Kwelera NR 70Lake Kariba 184Lake Sibaya 96Lalibela GR 62Langjan NR 162Lapalala Wilderness GR 162Leeuwkloof Valley Conservancy 158Lekgalameetse NR 142Letaba Ranch GR 140Lichtenburg Game Breeding Centre 110Ligwalagwala 132Limietberg NR 40Londolozi GR 138Loskop Dam GR 134Lotheni NR 82Luchaba GR 70Lydenburg NR 134Mabalingwe GR 160Mabula GR 160

Madikwe GR 114Magaliesberg Nature Area 112Makalali Private Reserve 142Makgadikgadi Pans NP 122Makuya GR 140Malapati Game Reserve 174Maleboch NR 162Mamili (Nkasa Lupala) NP 30Mana Pools NP 182Manyeleti GR 140Mapungubwe NP 164Maputaland 96, 144Marakele NP 162Marico Bosveld NR 110Marievale Bird Sanctuary 130Marloth NR 52Marromeu GR 150Matjiesrivier NR 16Matobo NP 166Matusadona NP 184Metani Game Ranch 112Midmar Dam NR 78Mkambati NR 70Mkhomazi N 82Mokala NP 22Mokolo Dam NR 162Molopo NR 108Monkeyland 58Monk’s Cowl 80Moor Park 78Moremi GR 118Morgenstond Dam NR 132Mountain Sanctuary Park 112Mountain Zebra NP 66Mpofu GR 68Mt Everest GR 100Mt Sheba NR 136Mthethomusha GR 138 Mudumu NP 30Mushandike Sanctuary 166Musina NR 164Mutirikwi NP 166Namaqua NP 18Namib-Naukluft NP 26Nata Bird Sanctuary 124National West Coast Tourist Recreational Area/Skeleton Coast Park 34Naval Hill 104Ncandu NR 88Ndumo GR 98Ndzalama Wildlife Reserve 142Niassa Reserve 152Nooitgedacht Dam NR 158Nooitgedacht Game Ranch 130North Park 74Ntendeka Wilderness Area 92Nwanedi GR 164Nxai Pan NP 122Nyanga NP 178Nylsvlei NR 160Ohrigstad Dam NR 136Okavango Delta 118Oorlogskloof NR 18Oribi Gorge NR 76Outeniqua NR 54Oviston NR 106Percy Fyfe NR 160Phinda Private Game Reserve 92 Pilanesberg NP 112Plumari Africa Reserve 130Polokwane GR 160Pongola Bush NR 88Pongolapoort NR 98Queen Elizabeth Park 78Quirimbas NP 154Reserva Especial de Maputo (Maputo Elephant Reserve) 144Rhenosterspruit NR 158Rhino and Lion Reserve 156Richards Bay GR 90Rietvlei NR 158Riviersonderend NR 48

Robberg NR 58Rocherpan NR 18Rolfontein NR 106Rondebult Bird Sanctuary 128Roodeplaat Dam NR 158Royal Natal NP 80Rugged Glen NR 80Rust de Winter NR 160Rustfontein Dam NR 104SA Lombard NR 108Sabi-Sabi GR 138Sabi Sand GR 138Salmonsdam NR 46Sam Knott NR 68Sandveld NR 106Sapi Safari Area 180Sehlabathebe NP 86Selati GR 142Shamwari GR 62Signal Hill 104Silaka NR 70Soetdoring NR 102Songimvelo GR 132Sossusvlei 26Soutpansberg Region 162Spioenkop Dam NR 80Spitskop NR 22Sterkfontein Dam NR 100Sterkspruit NR 134Suikerbosrand NR 128Swartberg NR 54Table Mountain NP 10Tankwa Karoo NP 14Tembe Elephant Game Park 98Thakazulu GR 92The Cradle NR 156Thomas Baines NR 66Thornybush GR 140Tienie Versfeld Wildflower Reserve 12Timbavati GR 140Ts’ehlanyane NP 86Tsitsikamma NP 60Tsolwana GR 68Tswaing NR 158Tuli Block Farms 124Tussen-die-Riviere GR 106uKhahlamba Central 82uKhahlamba North 80uKhahlamba South 84Umbabat NR 140Umfurudzi Safari Area 178uMhlanga Lagoon NR 74uMkhuze GR 92uMlalazi NR 90uMtamvuna NR 76Umtiza NR 70uVongo River NR 76Vaalkop Dam NR 112Vergelegen NR 84Verloren Vallei NR 134Verlorenvlei 18Vernon Crookes NR 76Victoria Falls NP 170Vrolijkheid NR 48Vryheid Hill NR 88Waenhuiskrans NR 48Wagendrift NR 78Walker Bay NR 46Waterberg Biosphere 162Waterberg Plateau Park 28Waters Meeting NR 66Weenen GR 78West Coast NP 12Wild Coast 70Wilderness NP 54Willem Pretorius NR 102Wolkberg Wilderness Area 142Wonderkop NR 162Woody Cape NR 64Zambezi NP 170Zinave NP 146

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S O U T HA F R I C A

SWAZILAND

Z I M B A B W E

B O T S W A N A

N A M I B I A

Northern Cape

North West

Ai-Ais/RichtersveldTransfrontier Park

AugrabiesFalls NP

Goegap NR

Namaqua NP

CederbergWilderness

AreaVerlorenvlei

TankwaKaroo NPBird Island

Oorlogskloof NRAkkerendam NR

SandveldNR

KarooNP

MadikweGR

Marico Bosveld NR

Lichtenburg GameBreeding Centre

Faan MeintjiesNR

BloemhofDam NRSA Lombard NR

Barberspan BirdSanctuary

Molopo NRKgalagadi

Transfrontier Park

Spitskop NR

Botsalano GR

Mokala NP

Rolfontein NRDoornkloof NR

Soetdoring NR

KalkfonteinDam NR

WesternCape

Matjiesrivier NR

West Coast NP

Columbine NR

Tienie Versfeld Wildflower Reserve

Groot WinterhoekWilderness Area

Rocherpan NR

Assegaaibosch NR

Jonkershoek NR

Limietberg NRAnysberg

NR

Table Mountain NP HottentotsHolland NR

Agulhas NP

Salmonsdam

NR

Harold Porter National

Botanical Garden

Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

Walker Bay NR

MarlothNR

De Hoop NR

Vrolijkheid NRRiviersonderend NRDe Mond NR

Waenhuiskrans NR

Gamkaberg NR

SwartbergNR

Kam

man

assie

NR

HawekwasCons. Area

Fernkloof NR

BoosmansbosWilderness Area

Bontebok NP

Grootvadersbosch NR

Outeniqua

NR

Wilderness NP

Goukamm

a NRKnysna National Lake Area

Robberg NR

BaviaanskloofWilderness Area

Formosa NRKeurbooms River NR

Tsitsikamma NP

Addo ElephantNP

GroendalWilderness

Area

Woody Cape Section

Amakhala GR

Lalibela GR

Thomas Baines NR

Shamwari GR

Bosberg NR

CamdebooNR

MountainZebra NP

Fort Fordyce NRM

pofu GR

Eastern Cape

Free State

Tsolwana GR

1 East London CoastConservation Area

2 Great Fish River Reserve

Complex

LuchabaGR

Cwebe NRDwesa NR

Kariega GR

Waters MeetingNR

Kayser’s Beach NR

Kidd’s Beach NR

GariepDam NR

OvistonNR

Tussen-die-Riviere GR

WillemPretorius

NRErfenisDam NR

Caledon NR

RustfonteinDam NR

Naval Hill,Signal Hill, Grant’s Hill

Mkambati NR

Silaka NRHluleka NR

uMtamvuna NR

Mt EverestGRGolden Gate

Highlands NP

KwaZulu-Natal

Oribi Gorge NR uVongo River NR

Coleford NR

Queen ElizabethMount Currie NR

Vernon Crookes NR

Krantzkloof NR

Bluff NR, Kenneth Stainbank NR, Beachwood Mangroves, North Park

3 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park

Himeville NR MidmarKarkloof NR

Craigie Burn NR

Weenen GRWagendrift NRMoor Park

Albert Falls NRuMhlanga Lagoon NR

Dam NR

Park

ChelmsfordNR

NcanduNR

ThakazuluGR

Ntendeka Wilderness Area

eMakhosini-OpatheHeritage Park

Klipfontein NR

Vryheid Hill NR

Pongola Bush NR

SterkfonteinDam NR

Spioenkop Dam NRRoyal Natal NPRichards Bay GR

uMlalazi NRaMatikulu NR

Blinkwater NR

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi

Park

IthalaGR

Phinda ResourceReserve

Mpumalanga

4 iSimangalisoWetland Park

5 Maputaland

TembeElephant GR

Ndumo GRKosi Bay NR

Mkhuze GR

PongolapoortNR

JerichoDam NR Morgenstond

Dam NR

SongimveloGR

Ligwalagwala

Sterkspruit

NR

NooitgedachtDam NR

Gauteng

DullstroomNR

VerlorenVallei NR

Lydenburg NR

Dam NRGustavKlingbiel NRLoskop

Dam GR

Valley Conservancy

Sanctuary

Leeuwkloof

Suikerbos-rand NR

Bronkhorst-spruit Dam NR

Marievale Bird

Limpopo

6 KrugerNP

Lapalala Wilderness GR

MapungubweNP

MusinaNR Nwanedi

GR

Ben LavinNR

Honnet GR

Balule NR

Makalali Private

Reserve

Lekgalameetse NR

Nylsvlei NR

Percy Fyfe NR

Polokwane GR

DoorndraaiDam NR

Selati G

R

Hans Merensky NR

Wonderkop NR

Maleboch NR

Blouberg NR

Langjan NR

Mabula GRMarakele NPBen Alberts NR

D’Nyala NRMokolo Dam NR

Mabalingwe GRRust de Winter NR

Borakalalo NP

Wilderness Area

NdzalamaWildlifeReserve

Waterberg

Biosphere

Blyde OlifantsConservancy

MakuyaGR

Blyde ‘Molatse’ River Canyon NRMt Sheba NR

Wolkberg

Roodeplaat

Dam NR8 Magaliesberg

Nature AreaNooitgedacht GR

Pilanesberg NPMetani GR

Vaalkop Dam NRRhenosterspruit NR

Diepsloot NR,Tswaing NR

Rietvlei NR

Krugersdorp GR7 Cradle of HumankindPlumari Africa Reserve

Klipriviersberg NR,

Rondebult Bird Sanctuary

Z A M B I A

A N G O L AM A L A W I

M O Z A M B I Q U E

Ohrigstad

Namib-Naukluft

Park

Sossusvlei

KhaudumGP

Waterberg Plateau Park

Mamili(Nkasa Lupala) NP

Mudumu NPBwabwata NP

Mahango NP

West Coast Tourist Recreational

Area/Skeleton Coast Park

Etosha National Park

Kaokoland

Central KalahariGame Reserve

ChobeNP

KhutseGR

MoremiGR

MakgadikgadiPans

NxaiPan NR

MoremiGR

Tuli Block Farms

Maputo Bay

Reserva Especial de Maputo(Maputo Elephant Reserve)

Greater LimpopoTransfrontier Park

Banhine NP

Zinave NP

Baza

ruto

Arch

ipel

ago

NP

GorongosaNP

MarromeuGR

NiassaGame

Reserve

GiléReserve

Qui

rimba

s NP

HwangeNational

Park

GonarezhouNP

MatoboNP Mutirikwi NP

MushandikeSanctuary

Kazuma Pan NP

Chizarira NP

Chirisa Safari Area

Chete Safari Area

MalapatiSafari Area

Chimanimani NP

ChipingeSafari Area

Nyanga NP

Umfurudzi Safari Area

ManaPools NP

Doma Safari Area

DandeSafari Area

CheworeSafari Area

SapiSafari Area

UrungweSafari Area

ChararaSafari Area

Matusadona NPLake Kariba

Sehlabathebe NP

Ts’enhlanyane NP

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Parks coveredin this atlasKEY1 East London Coast Conservation Area: Cape Henderson NR Fort Pato NR Gulu NR Kwelera NR Umtiza NR

2 Great Fish River Reserve Complex: Andries Vosloo Kudu NR Sam Knott NR Doubledrift GR

3 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: North: iNjasuti Rugged Glen NR Cathedral Peak Monk’s Cowl Central: Kamberg NR Lotheni NR Giant’s Castle NR Highmoor Mkhomazi NR South: Bushman’s Nek Valley Cobham NR Garden Castle NR Vergelegen NR

4 iSimangaliso Wetland Park: Cape Vidal Section Sodwana Bay Section St Lucia Marine Section St Lucia Marine Sanctuary

Mfabeni/Mission Rocks Charter’s Creek False Bay Park Fanie’s Island Lake Eteza Maphelane NR

5 Maputaland: Lake Sibaya Kosi Bay NR

6 Kruger NP Mpumalanga: Londolozi GR Sabi Sand GR Mthethomusha GR Limpopo: Andover GR Manyeleti GR Timbavati GR Klaserie NR Umbabat NR Thornybush GR Kapama GR Makuya GR Letaba Ranch GR

7 Cradle of Humankind: Heia Safari GR Rhino and Lion Reserve The Cradle NR Hartbeeshoek GR

8 Magaliesberg Nature Area: Kgaswane Mountain Reserve Mountain Sanctuary Park Hartbeespoort Dam NR

N1

Freeway/National road

R27

Main road(tarred)

Main road(untarred)

R503 Secondary road(tarred)

Secondary road(untarred)

Internationalboundary

Provincialboundary

Perennialwater

Non-perennialwater

Sneeuberg

2027mPeak

Pan

Track (park map)

1123 Distance(kilometres)

Railway

Marsh

Capital/City

Major town

Secondary town

Other town

Village

Park

Place of interest

Lighthouse

Scenic route

4 x4 road

Mountain pass

Waterfall

Farm

H Hotel

Caravan park

Viewpoint

Wine farm

Walking/hikingtrail

Shipwreck

i Information

Picnic site

Diving

Hospital

Fishing

Gate

KEY TO MAPS

Internationalairport

Airport/airfield

Camp site

Accommodation

Border post

Toll road

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SWAZILAND

Z I M B A B W E

B O T S W A N A

N A M I B I A

Northern Cape

North West

Ai-Ais/RichtersveldTransfrontier Park

AugrabiesFalls NP

Goegap NR

Namaqua NP

CederbergWilderness

AreaVerlorenvlei

TankwaKaroo NPBird Island

Oorlogskloof NRAkkerendam NR

SandveldNR

KarooNP

MadikweGR

Marico Bosveld NR

Lichtenburg GameBreeding Centre

Faan MeintjiesNR

BloemhofDam NRSA Lombard NR

Barberspan BirdSanctuary

Molopo NRKgalagadi

Transfrontier Park

Spitskop NR

Botsalano GR

Mokala NP

Rolfontein NRDoornkloof NR

Soetdoring NR

KalkfonteinDam NR

WesternCape

Matjiesrivier NR

West Coast NP

Columbine NR

Tienie Versfeld Wildflower Reserve

Groot WinterhoekWilderness Area

Rocherpan NR

Assegaaibosch NR

Jonkershoek NR

Limietberg NRAnysberg

NR

Table Mountain NP HottentotsHolland NR

Agulhas NP

Salmonsdam

NR

Harold Porter National

Botanical Garden

Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

Walker Bay NR

MarlothNR

De Hoop NR

Vrolijkheid NRRiviersonderend NRDe Mond NR

Waenhuiskrans NR

Gamkaberg NR

SwartbergNR

Kam

man

assie

NR

HawekwasCons. Area

Fernkloof NR

BoosmansbosWilderness Area

Bontebok NP

Grootvadersbosch NR

Outeniqua

NR

Wilderness NP

Goukamm

a NRKnysna National Lake Area

Robberg NR

BaviaanskloofWilderness Area

Formosa NRKeurbooms River NR

Tsitsikamma NP

Addo ElephantNP

GroendalWilderness

Area

Woody Cape Section

Amakhala GR

Lalibela GR

Thomas Baines NR

Shamwari GR

Bosberg NR

CamdebooNR

MountainZebra NP

Fort Fordyce NRM

pofu GR

Eastern Cape

Free State

Tsolwana GR

1 East London CoastConservation Area

2 Great Fish River Reserve

Complex

LuchabaGR

Cwebe NRDwesa NR

Kariega GR

Waters MeetingNR

Kayser’s Beach NR

Kidd’s Beach NR

GariepDam NR

OvistonNR

Tussen-die-Riviere GR

WillemPretorius

NRErfenisDam NR

Caledon NR

RustfonteinDam NR

Naval Hill,Signal Hill, Grant’s Hill

Mkambati NR

Silaka NRHluleka NR

uMtamvuna NR

Mt EverestGRGolden Gate

Highlands NP

KwaZulu-Natal

Oribi Gorge NR uVongo River NR

Coleford NR

Queen ElizabethMount Currie NR

Vernon Crookes NR

Krantzkloof NR

Bluff NR, Kenneth Stainbank NR, Beachwood Mangroves, North Park

3 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park

Himeville NR MidmarKarkloof NR

Craigie Burn NR

Weenen GRWagendrift NRMoor Park

Albert Falls NRuMhlanga Lagoon NR

Dam NR

Park

ChelmsfordNR

NcanduNR

ThakazuluGR

Ntendeka Wilderness Area

eMakhosini-OpatheHeritage Park

Klipfontein NR

Vryheid Hill NR

Pongola Bush NR

SterkfonteinDam NR

Spioenkop Dam NRRoyal Natal NPRichards Bay GR

uMlalazi NRaMatikulu NR

Blinkwater NR

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi

Park

IthalaGR

Phinda ResourceReserve

Mpumalanga

4 iSimangalisoWetland Park

5 Maputaland

TembeElephant GR

Ndumo GRKosi Bay NR

Mkhuze GR

PongolapoortNR

JerichoDam NR Morgenstond

Dam NR

SongimveloGR

Ligwalagwala

Sterkspruit

NR

NooitgedachtDam NR

Gauteng

DullstroomNR

VerlorenVallei NR

Lydenburg NR

Dam NRGustavKlingbiel NRLoskop

Dam GR

Valley Conservancy

Sanctuary

Leeuwkloof

Suikerbos-rand NR

Bronkhorst-spruit Dam NR

Marievale Bird

Limpopo

6 KrugerNP

Lapalala Wilderness GR

MapungubweNP

MusinaNR Nwanedi

GR

Ben LavinNR

Honnet GR

Balule NR

Makalali Private

Reserve

Lekgalameetse NR

Nylsvlei NR

Percy Fyfe NR

Polokwane GR

DoorndraaiDam NR

Selati G

R

Hans Merensky NR

Wonderkop NR

Maleboch NR

Blouberg NR

Langjan NR

Mabula GRMarakele NPBen Alberts NR

D’Nyala NRMokolo Dam NR

Mabalingwe GRRust de Winter NR

Borakalalo NP

Wilderness Area

NdzalamaWildlifeReserve

Waterberg

Biosphere

Blyde OlifantsConservancy

MakuyaGR

Blyde ‘Molatse’ River Canyon NRMt Sheba NR

Wolkberg

Roodeplaat

Dam NR8 Magaliesberg

Nature AreaNooitgedacht GR

Pilanesberg NPMetani GR

Vaalkop Dam NRRhenosterspruit NR

Diepsloot NR,Tswaing NR

Rietvlei NR

Krugersdorp GR7 Cradle of HumankindPlumari Africa Reserve

Klipriviersberg NR,

Rondebult Bird Sanctuary

Z A M B I A

A N G O L AM A L A W I

M O Z A M B I Q U E

Ohrigstad

Namib-Naukluft

Park

Sossusvlei

KhaudumGP

Waterberg Plateau Park

Mamili(Nkasa Lupala) NP

Mudumu NPBwabwata NP

Mahango NP

West Coast Tourist Recreational

Area/Skeleton Coast Park

Etosha National Park

Kaokoland

Central KalahariGame Reserve

ChobeNP

KhutseGR

MoremiGR

MakgadikgadiPans

NxaiPan NR

MoremiGR

Tuli Block Farms

Maputo Bay

Reserva Especial de Maputo(Maputo Elephant Reserve)

Greater LimpopoTransfrontier Park

Banhine NP

Zinave NP

Baza

ruto

Arch

ipel

ago

NP

GorongosaNP

MarromeuGR

NiassaGame

Reserve

GiléReserve

Qui

rimba

s NP

HwangeNational

Park

GonarezhouNP

MatoboNP Mutirikwi NP

MushandikeSanctuary

Kazuma Pan NP

Chizarira NP

Chirisa Safari Area

Chete Safari Area

MalapatiSafari Area

Chimanimani NP

ChipingeSafari Area

Nyanga NP

Umfurudzi Safari Area

ManaPools NP

Doma Safari Area

DandeSafari Area

CheworeSafari Area

SapiSafari Area

UrungweSafari Area

ChararaSafari Area

Matusadona NPLake Kariba

Sehlabathebe NP

Ts’enhlanyane NP

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From Gariep Dam Nature Reserve, a tour of the 13.2km of tunnels through the Gariep dam wall, and down 1000 steps, takes you to the bedrock foundation of the Orange River. The central section of the wall, holding back 6000 million cubic litres of water, is arched to deflect the thrust of the water towards the outer solid-rock foundations. The water pressure is so tremendous, the wall in fact gives under it. These and other fascinating facts are revealed on your guided walk. On the southern side of the Gariep dam, ways to experience the Oviston Nature Reserve’s wildlife vary from hikes to horse or mountain-bike rides. Top of the three summer nature trails in the Tussen-die-Riviere Game Reserve – which in winter is a hunting reserve – is the Klipstapel hiking trail; an in-triguing feature is a field of eroded dolerite pillars balancing precariously on their bases.

Heat and dust and the dry Free State air combine daily to create smouldering burnt-orange sunsets beyond the small koppies and ridges of this nature reserve. Campers and anglers are drawn like magnets to the clear waters of the Kalkfontein dam, in which yel-lowfish (small- and largemouth species), Orange River mudfish, barbel and carp try to evade the anglers’ hooks. Water birds also flock to these waters including, in season, tall spindly-legged Greater and Lesser Flamingos, all pretty in pink. The hook-beaked Osprey competes with anglers as it lazily flies across the water surface before plunge-diving to snap up its hapless prey.

Situated between the arms of the Bloemhof Dam Nature Re-serve, Sandveld lies along one side of the Bloemhof dam, at the meeting of the Vaal and Vet rivers. Besides its wetlands, Kalahari thornveld is another of its diverse range of habitats, ensuring enormous variety in its bird life. Those who are happier with horns and hooves will be well satisfied tracking down wildlife in the nature reserve, and the soft-sand beaches fringing the dam are particularly pleasing to fishermen and water-sport lovers. Things to look out for are the diminutive Pygmy Falcon, which sometimes commandeers communal nests built by the Sociable Weavers, and White-backed Vultures that breed in large nests on the top of the camel thorn trees.

These two nature reserves on the southern shore of Vander- kloof dam are set in a Karoo landscape of giant boulders and dolerite koppies. The confluence of the Seekoei and Orange rivers within Doornkloof, though, cuts a cool broad swathe across the dry sculpted landscape. The appeal to free-spirited hikers is that, other than the two- or three-day routes, they can ramble wherever their inclinations take them (pre-arrangement necessary), sleeping in a hut or under the stars in the veld. In Doornkloof, hikers will be surrounded by large antelope, but more exciting is to come across the secretive brown hyena or, on a much smaller scale, the rare South African hedgehog. Rolfontein stands out for its impressive numbers of eland. Look out, too, for the elegant long-legged Blue Crane, endangered in South Africa and the country’s national bird. Along the river, listen for the hollow call of the African Fish Eagle.

GARIEP DAM NRNEAREST TOWNBethulieNEAREST AIRPORT (ALL PARKS)BloemfonteinSIZE13 000haFAUNA1 Black Wildebeest2 SpringbokMAIN CONTACT DETAILS051 754 0026/48gariepnr@telkomsa.netwww.detea.fs.gov.za/ gariepdam.htmACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKChalets, caravan parkACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKTourist Info, Bethulie051 754 0190

OVISTON NATURE RESERVENEAREST TOWNVenterstadSIZE16 000haFAUNA1 Black Wildebeest2 SpringbokMAIN CONTACT DETAILS043 701 9600www.ecparks.co.zaACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKKomweer Lodge, camp sites051 655 0000, 084 581 0155 ACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKTourist Info, Venterstad051 654 0224/5

TUSSEN-DIE-RIVIERE GRNEAREST TOWN BethulieSIZE22 000haFAUNA1 Gemsbok2 AardwolfMAIN CONTACT DETAILS051 763 1000, 762 2803ACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKNoneACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKSee Gariep Dam NR

KALKFONTEIN DAM NRNEAREST TOWNFauresmithNEAREST AIRPORTBloemfonteinSIZE162haAVIFAUNA1 South African Shelduck2 Caspian Tern3 Greater & Lesser Flamingo4 OspreyMAIN CONTACT DETAILS051 722 1441ACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKCampingACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKTourist Info, Fauresmith051 723 0020

DOORNKLOOF NRNEAREST TOWNColesbergNEAREST AIRPORT (BOTH PARKS)KimberleySIZE12 000haFAUNA/AVIFAUNA1 Gemsbok2 Eland3 Kudu4 Brown Hyena5 Bat-eared Fox6 South African Hedgehog7 Blue Crane8 Malachite Kingfisher9 Red BishopMAIN CONTACT DETAILS051 753 1315ACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKOvernight hutACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKTourist Info, Colesberg051 753 0678

ROLFONTEIN NRNEAREST TOWNVanderkloofSIZE8000haFAUNA1 White Rhino2 Black Wildebeest3 Gemsbok4 Eland5 Kudu6 Red Hartebeest7 Vervet Monkey8 Blue Crane9 Grey DuikerMAIN CONTACT DETAILS053 664 0170ACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARK2 hikers’ huts, tented campACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKTourist Info, Vanderkloof053 664 0198

SANDVELD NATURE RESERVENEAREST TOWNBloemhofNEAREST AIRPORTBloemfonteinSIZE37 700haFAUNA/AVIFAUNA1 Buffalo2 White Rhino3 Blue Wildebeest4 Giraffe5 Tsessebe6 Kudu7 Aardwolf8 Heron sp.9 Lesser & Greater Flamingo10 Pygmy Falcon11 White-backed VultureMAIN CONTACT DETAILS053 433 1701/2ACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKFully equiped chalets, camp siteACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKTourist Info, Bloemhof053 433 1017www.bloemhofonline.co.za

Gariep Dam Nature Reserve, Oviston & Tussen-die-Riviere Reserves

Kalkfontein Dam Nature Reserve

Doornkloof & Rolfontein Nature Reserves

Sandveld Nature Reserve

SEASONAL INFORMATIONGate opening times

24 hoursDay visitors allowed

SEASONAL INFORMATIONGate opening times

Doornkloof NR: 08:00 – 18:00Entrance fee

Rolfontein NR: 08:00 – 16:00Permits required

SEASONAL INFORMATIONGate opening times

06:00 – 18:00Day visitors allowed

SEASONAL INFORMATIONGate opening times

Gariep Dam NR: 07:00 – 18:00Oviston NR: 07:00 – 19:00

Tussen-die-Riviere GR:07:00 – 18:00

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30°30’45.3”S26°7’54.8”E

29°24’20.8”S25°0’18.4”E

27°41’2.5”S25°48’52.7”E

30°0’40.5”S24°44’43.5”E

30°2’38.6”S24°46’3.1”E

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Wine farm

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Toll road Hospital

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At Makgagikgadi Pans, you get a taste of what the great prehistoric lake that once covered the Kalahari Basin must have looked like (when it rains!). Generally cracked and dry and peeling, this shimmering white flatland of crusty salt is stretched taut, connect-ing with the sky as far as the eye can see. Nothing survives on the salty surface, but grass-land flourishes at the fringes. When rivers swell with unpredictable rains, it’s these sweet grasses that initiate a massive migration of Burchell’s zebra (15 000 to 20 000) and blue wildebeest (5000+) between grassland and the Boteti River in the west. Makgagikgadi is in fact a conglomeration of pans, Sowa and Ntwetwe being the biggest, and between them are sand dunes, desert-like tracts and very striking rocky islands (Khubu being a firm favourite). Most visually inspiring – and a magnetic subject for writers, painters and early explorers – are the fat-girthed, scraggly-headed baobabs peopling some of the islands and pan fringes. Thomas Baines, David Livingstone and the expeditionary Green brothers were all lured by the islands’ mythical trees. The gaunt isolated beauty has its drawbacks. The pans hide an insidious underworld of sink holes, sludge and slurping mud which can gobble up your rims and chassis in a single wheel-turn. Dry season is best, travel in convoy (be utterly self-sufficient), stick to well-travelled roads and never cross the pans on unmarked routes. The Makgagikgadi Pans National Park area embraces the rolling grasslands, with salt pans taking up only one-fifth. Besides the plains game, hippo in the more enduring pans are a bonus.

Nxai Pan National Park is just north of Makgagikgadi, separated only by the Maun to Gweta main road. Mainly waterless fossil pans here are the result of a habitat that’s been drier for longer, allowing grasses and acacias to take root. Islands of podded acacias, unique to Nxai, lend it special character. Gemsbok, red hartebeest, brown hyena and even elephant thrive in this desert habitat.

MAKGADIKGADI & NXAI PAN NPNEAREST TOWNMaunNEAREST AIRPORT (BOTH PARKS)MaunSIZEGreater pans area: 12 000km2

Makgadikgadi Pans NP: 4900km2

Nxai Pan NP: 2578km2

FAUNA/FLORA1 Elephant2 Giraffe3 Gemsbok4 Eland5 Red Hartebeest6 Kudu7 Brown Hyena8 Baobab9 Sesame Bush10 Mokolwane PalmMAIN CONTACT DETAILSwww.botswanatourism.co.bw/makgadikgadiPansgame reserve.phpACCOMMODATION INSIDE PARKCamp sites (Nxai): South Camp(Makgagikgadi): Njuca Hills (basic), Xhumaga on Boteti RiverDept of Wildlife & National Parks+267 318 0774, 397 1405 (Gaborone)dwnp@gov.bwMakgagikgadi: San, Jack’s & Makgagikgadi campswww.botswanatourism.co.bwLeroo La Tau luxury lodge+267 686 1559info@desertdelta.comwww.desertdelta.comMeno A Kwena lodgewww.menoakwena.comACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE PARKPlanet Baobab, Gweta Lodgewww.botswanatourism.co.bwBotswana Holidays+267 686 0822/3office@botswanaholidays.comwww.botswanaholidays.com/Makgadikgadi-National-Park.htm

Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan National Park

SEASONAL INFORMATIONBest: dry season (May to Nov)

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KukoroIsland

Nxai Pan Gate

Makolwane GateMakolwane Gate

Tchai Gate

Guguga Gate

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Game Scout Camp

Nata Lodge

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Sowa Lodge

Gweta Rest Camp

Game Scout Camp Jack's Camp

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Tsaugura Pan

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Makgadikgadi PansNational Park

Nxai PanNational Park

Central KalahariGame Reserve

ChobeNational Park

HwangeNational Park

Chapman’sBaobab

Kubu Island

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The Pyramids

Green’sBaobab

MicrowaveTower

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20°11’41.8”S25°15’27.9”E

20°12’33.2”S26°11’11.8”E

21°19’42.0”S25°25’40.2”E

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