Modjadji Nature Reserve, also known as the Modjadji Cycad Reserve, is situated near

Modjadjiskloof Modjadjiskloof, formerly Duiwelskloof, is a small town situated at the foot of the escarpment in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The village is 18 km north of Tzaneen. Surveyed in 1919 and proclaimed in 1920, it was administered by a v ...

, Limpopo province, South Africa. The reserve has an area of around . It encloses two steep ridges that are densely forested with the cycad ''

Encephalartos transvenosus ''Encephalartos transvenosus'' is a palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae, with a localized distribution in Limpopo, South Africa. Its common names, Modjadji's cycad or Modjadji's palm, allude to the female dynasty of the Lobedu people, the R ...

'', the population of which is estimated at 15,000 individuals. Hiking along the trails in this nature reserve, it is common to encounter

dassies Hyraxes (), also called dassies, are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. Typically, they measure between long and weigh between . They are superficially simila ...

, monkeys,

bushpigs :''"Bush pig" may also refer to the red river hog. The bushpig (''Potamochoerus larvatus'') is a member of the pig family that inhabits forests, woodland, riverine vegetation and cultivated areas in East and Southern Africa. Probably introduce ...

impala The impala or rooibok (''Aepyceros melampus'') is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The only extant member of the genus '' Aepyceros'' and tribe Aepycerotini, it was first described to European audiences by Germa ...

, nyala,

bushbuck The Cape bushbuck (''Tragelaphus sylvaticus'') is a common and a widespread species of antelope in sub-Saharan Africa.Wronski T, Moodley Y. (2009)Bushbuck, harnessed antelope or both? ''Gnusletter'', 28(1):18-19. Bushbuck are found in a wide ra ...

and other antelope. The reserve has a picnic and barbecue area, information centre, and curio shop.Du Plessis, Heather.
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', p. 21 (Juta and Company Ltd, 2000).

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Nature reserves in South Africa {{Limpopo-geo-stub

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