Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve

The park is the only state-run park in KwaZulu-Natal where all the “Big Five” game occur. Due to conservation efforts, the park now has the largest population of white rhino in the world.

Animal life you have the opportunity to encounter here could be nile crocodile, hippo, white and black rhino, leopard, lion, cheetah, hyena, elephant, buffalo, blue wildebeest, jackal, giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, nyala, eland, kudu, impala, duiker, suni, reedbuck, warthog, bushpig, mongoose, baboons, monkeys, a variety of tortoises, terrapins, snakes and lizards.

The park is a prime birding destination and is home to 340 bird species.The Hluhluwe River Flood Plain is one of the only areas in the whole of South Africa where Yellow throated, Pink throated and Orange throated Long claw species can be seen together. Bird life include night heron, wood stork, Wahlberg's eagle, Shelley's francolin, black-bellied korhaan, Temminck's courser, Klaas's cuckoo, little bee-eater and crested barbet.