Mkuze Game Reserve Travel Guide

 LoriPori Says:  The MKUZI GAME RESERVE is situated in northern Zululand, approximately 335 km from Durban along the mainNorth Coast road. The reserve was established in 1912 and comprises approximately 36,000 hectares.A road network of 84 km traverses a variety of bushveld habitats, which... 

 Waxbag Says:  There are about 35 elephants in Mkuze. They all use to be in the south of the park and very difficult to see. Well they are still very difficult to find but are in the northern section of the park along the Mkuze River and at Nhlonhela Pan. There is more water up here and... 

 Waxbag Says:  The Kumasinga Hide here is one of the most amazing hides I have ever seen. You can sit by the hours and watch the animals. The hide is situated directly over the water hole. You are only just a few meters away from the animals as they come and drink and they don't know you... 

 Waalewiener Says:  This Safari Jeep can be hired with a Chauffeur/Guide for a Safari Tour around the Mkuzi Game Reserve ,for viewing the wildlife in the park, for excample Hippos ,Rhinos ,Antelopes,Birds, Wildebeest, Warthogs, Zebras and many others. 

 LoriPori Says:  The watchdogs of the veld, the CHACMA BABOON along with the Vervet Monkey, have good eyesight and exeptional senses of smell and hearing. Both can be cunning, resourceful and dangerous. Primates are sociable by nature and are usually seen in groups numbering some thirty... 

 LoriPori Says:  With only the males carrying the lyre-shaped horns of approximately 50 cm, IMPALA (Aepyceros melampus) are elegant animals. Very sociable, they can be seen in herds of 300 or more. Impala was abundant at Mkuzi. 

 LoriPori Says:  There are two types of Wildebeest, the more common BLUE WILDEBEEST (Connochaetes taurinus) and the smaller Black. The Blue prefers the open plains and is very sociable, often joining herds of Zebra or Impala. The Black (Connochaetes gnou) is a highveld antelope and is a... 

 LoriPori Says:  Long legs and a very long neck, make the GIRAFFE one of Southern Africa's most unusual mammals. But these oddities enable the Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) to feed on leaves and seed-pods at a height where grass-eating animals cannot reach. Although the Giraffe has a... 

 LoriPori Says:  The accompanying map show the areas we visited during our four days/three nights adventure to Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Mkuzi Game Reserve and St. Lucia Estuary. Our Tree House in Bonamanzi was well situated and within short driving distances to all three areas. 

 LoriPori Says:  Depending on the surface water in the reserve, but normally during the drier winter months, large concentrations of game may be seen at the WATERHOLES. Visitors are usually offered excellent views of most of the reserve's larger animals. At the time we were there, the... 

 LoriPori Says:  The best way to watch a waterhole is from a HIDE and Game Reserves, especially Mkuzi provide the best GAME VIEWING HIDES for this purpose.Four game viewing hides have been constructed next to the Kubube, Kumasinga, Kwamalibala and Kumahlala pans. Visitors park their cars and... 

 LoriPori Says:  Named after the grotesque growths on its flattened face, the WARTHOG (phacochoerus aethiopicus) is perhaps the ugliest of all creatures. The upper and lower tusks rub against each other so that the lower ones are kept razor sharp. Tusks enable Warthogs to dig for bulbs and... 

 LoriPori Says:  A highly sociable animal, BURCHELL'S ZEBRA ( Equus burchelli) prefers to live in family groups comprising large herds. They are also very gregarious and are often seen in the company of wildebeest, waterbuck, impala and sometimes kudu. Found in most game reserves, including... 

 Waalewiener Says:  This Map will show the outlay of the Park It will show you were the Hides are located , also were the picnick areas are.Mkuzi has large areas of rare Sand Forest,where you will see dark leafed Sherbet trees,(Dialium Schlechteri) and alsothe Red Heart Tree (Hymenocardia...