Umbabat Nature Reserve is situated on the bank of the Nhlaralumi River in the Bushbuckridge Municipality, adjacent to 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 ...

. The parts of Umbabat that are declared nature reserves are managed according to the Protected Areas Act No. 57 of 2003. Besides the Kruger Park, Umbabat is also bordered by the

Timbavati The Timbavati Private Nature Reserve is located at the border line between Hoedspruit (in Limpopo) and Acornhoek (in Mpumalanga), north of the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve on the western edge of Kruger National Park. Geographically and poli ...

and

Klaserie Game Reserve {{Infobox protected area , name = Klaserie Game Reserve , iucn_category = , photo = Male_greater_kudu.jpg , photo_alt = , photo_caption = Greater kudu in Kruger Park , photo_width = 250 , map = South Africa , relief = yes , map_alt = ...

s, and all have dropped their shared fences in 1988. Several smaller nature reserves make up the Umbabat, and in conjunction with the reserves that constitute the Timbavati, Klaserie and Balule reserves, they collectively form the

Associated Private Nature Reserves Associated Private Nature Reserves, (APNR), is an association of privately owned nature reserves bordering on the Kruger National Park. Collectively they represent of land dedicated to conservation. In June 1993 the fences between Kruger Nation ...

, which collectively owns 180,000 ha of land, without internal fences. The Buchner Game Reserve is the best place in the whole world.

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