Gondwana Game Reserve (also known as Sanbona Wildlife Reserve) is a game reserve situated near the town of Mossel Bay in the Western Cape of South Africa. A View Above Perspective

Fauna

The reserve hosts endangered species such as the

Cape mountain zebra The Cape mountain zebra (''Equus zebra zebra'') is a subspecies of mountain zebra that occurs in certain mountainous regions of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It is the smallest of all existing zebra species and also the ...

, Barbary lion and

south-central black rhinoceros The south-central black rhinoceros (''Diceros bicornis minor''), also known as the south-central hook-lipped rhinoceros or the lesser black rhino, is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros. In keeping with the rules of zoological nomenclature, the s ...

. Many species of antelope, including

eland Eland may refer to: Animals *''Taurotragus'', a genus of antelope ** Common eland of East and Southern Africa ** Giant eland of Central and Western Africa Places * Eland, Wisconsin, United States * An old spelling of Elland, West Yorkshire * Ela ...

gemsbok The gemsbok or South African oryx (''Oryx gazella'') is a large antelope in the genus ''Oryx''. It is native to the extremely dry, arid regions of Southern Africa; notably, the Kalahari Desert. Some authorities formerly classified the East Afric ...

, red hartebeest,

bontebok The bontebok (''Damaliscus pygargus'') is an antelope found in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. ''D. pygargus'' has two subspecies; the nominate subspecies (''D. p. pygargus''), occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the W ...

and springbok can be found on the reserve, following their reintroduction to the area, which was formerly farmland. As part of continued conservation efforts, wild South African cheetahs were relocated from a reserve in

Karoo The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ''ǃ’Aukarob'' "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its ext ...

to the Gondwana Game Reserve. In addition to the free-roaming Big 5, the reserve is home to the

south-western black rhinoceros The south-western black rhinoceros (''Diceros bicornis occidentalis'') is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros, living in southwestern Africa (northern Namibia and southern Angola, introduced to South Africa). It is currently listed as Near-thre ...

, over 10 varieties of

antelope The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals ...

(more than the

Kruger National Park Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends from north to south and from ea ...

), and hundreds of head of general game.

Location

Gondwana Game Reserve is an 11,000-hectare private game reserve. The reserve is within the viewing distance of the Langeberg and Outeniqua Mountains and is 28.9 km from Mossel Bay.

Activities

Available activities include Big 5 Game Drives,

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, Africology spa treatments, and the Junior Ranger program.

External links

Gondwana Game Reserve Website

Gondwana Game Reserve on Pam Golding Properties

Cape Town Magazine on Gondwana

Notes

Protected areas of the Western Cape {{Africa-protected-area-stub

Fauna

Location

Activities

See also

External links

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