Kapama Game Reserve
Appearance
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![]() A male lion at Kapama Game Reserve | |
Location | Limpopo, South Africa |
Nearest town | Hoedspruit |
Coordinates | 24°25′35″S 31°03′13″E / 24.42639°S 31.05361°E |
Area | 13,000 ha (50 sq mi) |
Established | 1993 |
Kapama Game Reserve (founded 1993) is a 13,000 hectare privately owned nature reserve in the Limpopo province of South Africa.[1] It was founded by Johann Roode, who initially bought the land for cattle grazing but realized that the local ecosystem needed to be maintained. He soon started to develop the area as a touristic region and the reserve still belong nowadays to the Roode family.[2]
Wildlife
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kapama_Game_Reserve_safari_photo_en_Jeep.jpg/220px-Kapama_Game_Reserve_safari_photo_en_Jeep.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Melierax_metabates_-Kapama_Game_Reserve%2C_South_Africa-8.jpg/220px-Melierax_metabates_-Kapama_Game_Reserve%2C_South_Africa-8.jpg)
- African bush elephant
- African buffalo
- Southern white rhinoceros
- Hippopotamus
- South African giraffe
- Impala
- Blue wildebeest
- Kudu
- Lion
- Leopard
- Cheetah (including the King cheetah)
- Spotted hyena
- African Wild Dog (AKA Cape Hunting Dog / Painted Dog)
See also
- Protected areas of South Africa
- Kapama Private Game Reserve: http://www.kapama.com/about/
- Kapama Wildreservat:
References
- ^ a b "The Kapama Game Reserve". SA-Venues. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Private luxury safari game lodge with accommodation and spa". Kapama. Retrieved 3 April 2019.