🦎 Empisini Nature Reserve

South Africa · Africa · Nature Reserve · 30.20°S, 30.79°E

Empisini Nature Reserve was established in 1973 and is situated in Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The reserve is approximately 60 ha in extent and is owned by the borough of uMkhomanzi which has been incorporated into the eThekwini municipality. Empisini is managed jointly by eThekwini and the Umkomaas centre of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa. Empisini takes its name from a perennial stream which flows through it, and means "Place of the Hyena" in isiZulu. The reserve consists of coastal forest, wetlands, grassy slopes and a dam. Infrastructure consists of hiking trails, demarcated picnic sites, overnight cabins, and a tree house.

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Quick facts

Country	South Africa
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	30.20°S, 30.79°E · view on map

Empisini Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in South Africa, in Africa. The details of why Empisini Nature Reserve is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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