Borakalalo Game Reserve

The Borakalalo Game Reserve is a South African National Park situated in the Northwest Province, about 80 kilometres north of Pretoria. The reserve covers an area of about 13,000 hectares.^[1]. The reserve is situated around the Klipvoor Dam and the Moretele River. The park consists of woodland and open bushveld vegetation. A large number of mammal species are present in the reserve, among others^[2][3][4]:

• Aardwolf
• Black-backed jackal
• Blesbok
• Blue wildebeest
• Brown hyena
• Buffalo
• Cape fox
• Caracal
• Common reedbuck
• Eland
• Gemsbok
• Giraffe
• Impala
• Hippopotamus
• Kudu
• Leopard
• Mountain reedbuck
• Nyala
• Red hartebeest
• Roan antelope
• Sable antelope
• Tsessebe
• Warthog
• Waterbuck
• White rhinoceros
• Zebra

In addition, over 350 species of bird have been recorded in the park.

References

1. ^ http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/borakalalo/
2. ^ http://www.ho.org.za/interesting/boragen.rtf
3. ^ http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/borakalalo/management_plans.html
4. ^ http://www.ho.org.za/interesting/census.rtf