UMkhuze Game Reserve explained

uMkhuze Game Reserve
Location:	KwaZulu-Natal
Nearest City:	Richards Bay
Coordinates:	-27.65°N 32.25°W
Map:	South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
Relief:	1
Area Ha:	40000
Established:	1912
Governing Body:	Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife

uMkhuze Game Reserve (also spelt Mkhuze or Mkuze) is a 40000ha game reserve in northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.^[1] It was proclaimed a protected area on 15 February 1912.

Wildlife

• African bush elephant
• Blue wildebeest
• African buffalo
  • Cape wild dog Hyena
• Hippopotamus
  • South African giraffe Greater kudu
• South African cheetah
• African leopard
• Lion
• Nile crocodile
• Steenbok
• South-central black rhinoceros and Southern white rhinoceros
• Burchell's zebra

The reserve has a diversity of natural habitats which include acacia savannah, mixed woodland, sand forest, riverine forest, rivers and pans, grassland, cliffs and rocky ridges.

Accommodation

• Mantuma Main Camp
• Nhlonhlela Bush Lodge
• Umkhumbe Tented Bush Lodge

See also

• Protected areas of South Africa
• Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
• Phinda Resource Reserve

External links

• KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government homepage

Notes and References

1. Atlas of National Parks and Reserves of South Africa. Mapstudio. 2004.