Wildlife in Pietermaritzburg is your introduction to the flora and fauna of the second largest city of the KwaZulu-Natal province. Pietermaritzburg Wildlife extends the territories from the Drakensberg Mountains to the coastline. Wildlife in Pietermaritzburg offers tourists a getaway destination for some great outdoor life.
Pietermaritzburg Wildlife Reserves
Wildlife in Pietermaritzburg is best sampled at the Albert Falls Public Resort, Bisley Valley Nature Reserve, Darvill Nature Reserve, Doreen Clark Nature Reserve, Ferncliffe Nature Reserve, Natal Lion Park, and Queen Elizabeth Park Nature Reserve etc.
Pietermaritzburg Fauna
Tracts of woodland give way to open lowland, as well as the marshland areas. The wet seasons are featured by rank grass patches that draw various grassland and wetland birds such as weavers, widows, cisticolas and waxbills. Along the water's edge, you can see caravan and camp sites with hot and cold water facilities. The Bisley Valley Nature Reserve along Alexandra Road towards Richmond derives its name from the annual shooting of bisleys, held here during the 1950s. The reserve comprises the thornveld and supports a miscellany of species. Other animals are the impala, giraffe, zebra and red hartebeest.
The New England Road leads you to the Darvill Nature Reserve with over 220 species of birds, particularly water birds, being identified. Warblers, cape otters and warblers are the other species. The Doreen Clark Nature Reserve is a mixed mist belt forest donated by the Clark family to the Natal Parks Board. Picnic facilities are available at beautiful forest trail. Ferncliffe and the other reserves provide a unique experience too.
Apart from checking out the wildlife of Pietermaritzburg, Pietermaritzburg Tours take in a host of other activities such as camping, sea turtle tours, wilderness trails, launch tours, game viewing including the Big Five areas, hiking, boating, fishing etc.
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