Wildlife

Augrabies flat lizards

Even if you’re not into reptiles, you’ll find the Augrabies flat lizard quite fascinating. The advantage is they’re easy to see, and live in a startlingly beautiful place. more
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board

The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board – the only organisation of its kind in the world – has protected the province’s bathers from shark attacks for more than 40 years. more
BirdLife South Africa

Whether you’re a twitcher, a serious birder, a beginner, or if you just love birds, then BirdLife South Africa should be your first stop. more
Phezulu Safari Park, KwaZulu-Natal

Phezulu Safari Park has been built on the lip of the Valley of a Thousand Hills and offers visitors a wonderful insight into flora, fauna and Zulu culture. more

More about Wildlife

Kestrelling in South Africa

Kestrels mostly hunt insects. Kestrellers mostly hunt for sightings of these intriguing little raptors. Some are resident in South Africa. Others are long-distance travellers. more

Overnight hides in the Kruger National Park

So you want to try a new experience and don’t mind roughing it? Then sleep out in one of the Kruger National Park’s overnight hides. more

Mpumalanga's water birds

The water birds of Mpumalanga – whether rare or common - are highly sought after by birders. Discover why when you go birding in the province's national parks, rivers, dams and wetlands. more

1Kruger National Park

The Kruger National Park is known as one of the world's great national parks. Home to the Big 5 and a wealth of animal and plantlife, no trip to Limpopo is complete without visiting the Kruger.

2Nylsvley Wetlands

Situated close to the scenic Waterberg mountains, the Nylsvley Wetlands are a birder’s dream. During the summer months, this wetland often floods, attracting the highest number of avian visitors in the southern hemisphere.

3Marakele National Park, Waterberg

The Marakele National Park is a must for wildlife-lovers. The mountains here are particularly known for their Cape vulture populations and the reserve is remote and unspoiled.

4Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre

Situated in Hoedspruit, this rehabilitation centre here takes care of abandoned, injured and poisoned wildlife; their overall aim is to reintroduce creatures back into the wild. You'll leave Moholoholo feeling inspired.

5Tshukudu Wildlife Reserve

Situated in Hoedspruit, here's your chance to walk with orphaned and rehabilitated animals in a wilderness setting. A great place for families.

6Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre

This world-renowned centre focuses on the conservation of rare, vulnerable and endangered animals, especially cheetah.

7Mapungubwe National Park

Set along the banks of the Limpopo River, South Africa's northernmost border, Mapungubwe is an exquisite park. The park is famed for its majetic baobab trees and great herds of African elephant.

8Elephant back safaris, Zibula Estate, Bela Bela

Get up close and personal with a group of orphaned elephants that are helping to raise awareness about conservation through the Eelephants for Africa Forever (EFAF) project.

9Taita falcons of the Strijdom Tunnels

The rare Taita falcon lives in the cliffs near the top of the Abel Erasmus Pass, and you can take a guided walk into these amazing lichen-clad mountains.

10Polokwane Game Reserve

This is one of the most interesting municipal reserves in the country, and only three hours' drive from Johannesburg. As a bonus, you can walk in the park, mountain-bike, or best of all, see the wildlife from the back of a horse.

View Images

‹ ›

Big 7, great white shark
Devey Glinister's meerkat encounters, Oudtshoorn.
The forest boardwalk in the Tsitsikamma National Park.
Lion at SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.
Mapungubwe National Park
Kruger2Canyons Biosphere Reserve stretches to the Blyde River Canyon, third largest in the world.