Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs
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Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs is a department of the Gauteng
provincial government, South Africa
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Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
provincial government, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Parks Managed by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs
- Abe Bailey Nature ReserveAbe Bailey Nature ReserveAbe Bailey Nature Reserve is a protected area in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated near Carletonville, beside the township of Khutsong on the West Rand. It is only about 4,200 ha in size....
- Alice Glockner Nature ReserveAlice Glockner Nature ReserveAlice Glockner Nature Reserve, Gauteng is a small Nature Reserve south from Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve. It has altitudes between 1600 and 1700 m above sea level. The closest town is Heidelberg ....
- Marievale Bird SanctuaryMarievale Bird SanctuaryMarievale Bird Sanctuary is a protected area in Gauteng, South Africa. It is about 10 km² in size, and situated on the East Rand on the Blesbokspruit. The Blesbokspruit is a major perennial river in Gauteng which is flanked by extensive floodplains on either side...
- Roodeplaat Nature ReserveRoodeplaat Nature ReserveRoodeplaat Nature Reserve is located on the shores of the Roodeplaat Dam, just east of Pretoria, Gauteng.-External links:* , August 2007, Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs* *...
- Suikerbosrand Nature ReserveSuikerbosrand Nature ReserveSuikerbosrand Nature Reserve is one of Gauteng’s premier ecotourism destinations. Set just a short distance from Johannesburg, an hour's drive from Johannesburg International Airport and near the historical town of Heidelberg, this reserve boasts a representative sample of the fauna and flora of...
Private and Other Parks
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- Aloe Ridge Game ReserveAloe Ridge Game ReserveAloe Ridge Game Reserve is a game reserve and conservation park in central Gauteng province in north-east South Africa, lying some 15 kilometres directly north-east of the Sterkfontein caves. Located near Mulder's Drift it protects white rhino, buffalo, hippo, and many antelope and rare bird species...
- Andros Private Nature Reserve
- Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary
- Avalon Private Nature Reserve
- Beaulieu Bird Sanctuary
- Cheetah Park Private Nature Reserve
- Daisy Private Nature Reserve
- Diepsloot Nature Reserve
- Gelderland Private Nature Reserve
- Hartbeesthoek Radia Astronomy Conservatio Area
- Hartebeeshoek Municipal Nature Reserve
- Johanna Jacobs Private Nature Reserve
- John Ness Private Nature Reserve
- Klipriviersberg Municipal Nature Reserve
- Kromdraai ConservancyKromdraai ConservancyKromdraai Conservancy is a conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa.It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area. The caves in the area, known as the Sterkfontein caves have an...
- Krugersdorp Nature Reserve
- Leeuwfontein Nature Reserve
- Montsetse Nature Reserve (The Cradle)
- Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve
- Onderstepoort Nature Reserve
- Rietvlei Nature ReserveRietvlei Nature ReserveThe Rietvlei Nature Reserve is located in Pretoria and is about in size. Located within the reserve is the Rietvlei Dam.-Trees:Both indigenous and exotics species of trees can be found in the reserve.Indigenous* Common hook thorn Acacia caffra...
- Sterkwater Private Nature Reserve
- Tweefontein Private Nature Reserve
- Waldr Nature Reserve
- Wonderboom Nature ReserveWonderboom Nature ReserveThe Wonderboom Nature Reserve is a 1 km² reserve centered on a wild willowleaf fig tree Ficus salicifolia that is more than a thousand years old, found towards the north of the Magaliesberg Mountains in the Northern portion of the Pretoria Metropole, South Africa.The famous tree is situated at...
- Aloe Ridge Game Reserve