Songimvelo Game Reserve
Songimvelo Game Reserve | |
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Location | Mpumalanga South Africa |
Nearest city | Barberton |
Coordinates | 25°55′45″S 31°3′15″E / 25.92917°S 31.05417°E |
Area | 49,000 hectares (490 km2)[1] |
Governing body | Mpumalanga Parks Board |
Songimvelo Game Reserve is a provincial park managed by the Mpumalanga Parks Board in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Songimvelo is a plural word that means 'we are conserving nature' in the siSwati language.
This park forms part of the Songimvelo-Malolotja Transfrontier Conservation Area, a peace park on the border between South Africa and Eswatini.[2] The park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018 as the landscape represents one of the best-preserved successions of volcanic and sedimentary rock, dating back 3.6 to 3.25 billion years. The park is also home to some of the world's oldest rock art.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NATURE RESERVES IN MPUMALANGA". Mpumalanga Parks Board. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ "Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation And Resource Area". Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (South Africa). Archived from the original on 2 October 2006. Retrieved 12 December 2009.