Khutse Game Reserve Explained

Khutse Game Reserve
Iucn Category:	Ib
Iucn Ref:	^[1]
Map:	Botswana
Relief:	yes
Location:	Botswana
Coordinates:	-23.49°N 24.19°W
Area:	2500km2^[2]
Established:	1971
Governing Body:	Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana

Khutse Game Reserve is a game reserve in Botswana.^[1]

Overview

The name Khutse means "where one kneels to drink" in Sekwena (the local dialect of Setswana).^[3] Because of its proximity, and relative accessibility, to the nation's capital, Khutse game Reserve is a common favorite for Gaborone visitors or residents. The 240 km drive takes the traveller through a number of interesting Kalahari villages, including the ‘gateway to the Kalahari,’ Molepolole.^[4]

Geography

Adjoining the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to the north, and with no fences separating the two, the terrain of the 2 500 km² reserve combines most types of Kalahari habitat – rolling grasslands, river beds, fossil dunes and grassed and bare pans.^[5]

Flora and fauna

Animals commonly sighted include springbok (often in abundance), gemsbok (often common), South African giraffe, wildebeest, hartebeest, kudu, black-backed jackal, steenbok, duiker, and the accompanying predators lion, African leopard, South African cheetah, wildcat, and the endangered brown hyena.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Protected Planet . 2018 . Khutse Game Reserve . United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
2. Web site: Khutse Game Reserve . 2021-02-05 . Wild Safari Guide . en-GB.
3. Web site: Khutse journal .
4. Web site: Khutse Game Reserve Botswana Tourism Organisation . 2024-05-10 . www.botswanatourism.co.bw.
5. Web site: Khutse game reserve . Sa campsites.
6. Botswana Statistics

   https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Wildlife_Statistics_Publication%281%29.pdf