🦎 Mkhambathi Nature Reserve

South Africa · Africa · Nature Reserve · 31.31°S, 29.98°E

Mkhambathi Nature Reserve is a protected area at Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is 7,720 hectares, with the Pondoland Marine Protected Area off its coastal edge. The reserve is located in the Pondoland Centre of Plant Endemism and the greater Maputaland–Pondoland–Albany Hotspot, and is covered in open grassland, dotted with patches of indigenous forest, swamp forests and flanked by the forested ravines of the Msikaba and Mtentu rivers. The Reserve was listed as a protected Ramsar site in 2025.

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Quick facts

Country	South Africa
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	31.31°S, 29.98°E · view on map

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

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Tsitsikamma National Park · De Hoop Nature Reserve · De Mond Nature Reserve · Silvermine Nature Reserve · Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve · Waterberg Biosphere · Greater Kruger National Park · Grassland National Park · Nylsvley Nature Reserve · Royal Natal National Park.

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