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Ithala Game Reserve

 
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Itala Game Reserve
Ithala Game Reserve
Location KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nearest city Durban, South Africa
Area 290 km2
Established 1973
Governing body Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife

Itala Game Reserve, 290 km2 of rugged, mountainous thornveld in northern KwaZulu-Natal, about 400 km north of Durban. It is one of the youngest game parks in South Africa. The altitude varies from 400 m (Pongola River) to 1450 m (Ngotshe Mountains), so there is a great variation of terrain which extends over lowveld and densely vegetated river valleys to high-lying grassland plateaus, ridges and cliff faces.

All the big game species have been re-established with the exception of lion.

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History

  • In the late 1800s land was given by King Dinizulu to white farmers.
  • In 1973 the then Natal Parks Board started buying up farms in this area to make up this Reserve.

Trivia

  • There are two abandoned gold mines found at Itala.

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