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Limpopo       

Private game reserves are found in 2 different regions within Limpopo. The largest is the area adjacent to Kruger Park (malaria area) with the highest concentration of private game reserves in the country and secondly the Waterberg area (malaria free) in the western region of the province.

The Kruger National Park forms the eastern border of the Limpopo boasting the "Big Five" and other species. The Marakele National Park is situated in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, close to the Western border of the Limpopo, and host an impressive variety of wildlife.


 


Kruger Park Area

Balule Private Nature Reserve
This is a 35000 ha Private Nature Reserve with the perennial Olifants River flowing for approximately 20 km through the center of the reserve.

Kapama Private Game Reserve
Fifteen thousand hectares of undisturbed bushveld form the backdrop for the game reserve where a multitude of animal, plant and birdlife reveals the essence of the Valley of the Olifants.

Klaserie Game Reserve
This reserve is hot and dry for most of the yea with an undulating, unspoiled countryside, dominated by soft shades of bush willow woodland and  the Klaserie River which cuts a vivid green swath through the reserve and game wanders freely over vast areas.

Thornybush Nature Reserve
Thornybush is about 30 km from the Kruger Park’s Orpen Gate. Large numbers of wildlife roam the 11500 hectares of savannah and the climate is superb all year round. It offers prime game-viewing territory, including opportunities to view the "big five".

Timbavati Game Reserve
The Timbavati is situated in the hot lowveld area of wood and grassland, is about 70 000 hectares in extent and harbours the Big 5 plus many more species of predator, antelopes and birds offering some of the finest game viewing in Southern Africa.

Manyeleti Game Reserve
The 23,000-hectare Manyeleti Game Reserve is wedged between the Timbavati, the Kruger Park and the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. Manyeleti boasts a healthy population of a wide variety of wildlife including the "Big Five". Birdlife is prolific.

Kruger Park
Areas within the Kruger Park were allocated to private concessionaries on which luxury game lodges were established.


Waterberg Area

The Waterberg covers an area of some 15 000 square km in the western region of the Limpopo. Although there has been farming, the Waterberg has by en-large been untouched over time.
Within the Waterberg a number of private game reserves have been established. The Waterberg area is malaria free.