Mkhuze Game Reserve

A place of great beauty and high contrasts, Mkhuze is renowned for its’ astonishing diversity of natural habitats, from the eastern slopes of the Lebombo mountains along its eastern boundary, to broad stretches of acacia savannah, swamps, a variety of woodlands and riverine forests as well as a rare type of sand forest. The Mkhuze River, with a fine stretch of fig forest along its banks, curves along the reserve's northern and eastern borders and the Mkhuze Game Reserve and constitutes the north western spur of the recently declared World Heritage Site: the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park.

The reserve offers an abundance of wildlife including endangered species such as Black Rhino, cheetah, African Wild Dog and suni. Other animals to be found in the reserve include White Rhino, elephant, giraffe, leopard, nyala, Blue Wildebeest, warthog, impala, kudu and other smaller antelope. It is also famous for its’ rich birdlife and attracts ornithologists from all over the world. Two beautiful pans, Nhlonhlela and Nsumo which lie in the north and east respectively, support large communities of hippos, crocodiles, pinkbacked and white pelicans, as well as a diversity of ducks and geese which gather in spring.

Wildlife ACT’s main focus on Mkhuze is the monitoring of the African Wild Dog, cheetah, elephant herds and vultures.