Wildlife Parks
Ndumo Game Reserve
Ndumo Game Reserve is perhaps best known for its magnificent bird life with the highest bird count in South Africa, some 430 species.
Situated near the Tembe Elephant Park on the Mozambique border, the Usuthu River forms its northern boundary and the Pongola River flows through to its confluence with Usutu.
Ndumo boasts many beautiful pans set about with yellow fever trees and extensive wetlands and reedbeds as well as acacia savannah and sand forest.
The prolific birdlife includes many tropical East African forms at the southern limit of their range. Special ticks for birders include Pell's fishing owl, the broadbill, and southern banded snake eagle.
With game species such as nyala, bushbuck, impala, red duiker, suni, black and white rhino, hippopotamus and a very large population of crocodiles, Ndumo is a most rewarding area to view wildlife with its wetlands and pans, thick bush and savannah and extensive forests.
Ndumo is of particular interest to entomologists with a very interesting array of insects including 66 recorded species of mosquito.
Visitors may drive through certain areas of the reserve in their own cars, or participate in landrover tours to interesting areas in the company of a tour guide. Depending on the demand, morning and afternoon tours are conducted and arrangements to participate in these tours are made at the reception office.
For the more energetic, day walks in the reserve may be taken in the company of a guide and, here too, arrangements to participate in these walks should be made at the reception office the day before the intended walk.
Accommodation
Chalets - 2 bed
- Hand basin with cold water, a table and three chairs and a refrigerator
- Bedding, cutlery and crockery are provided
- Varandah in the front
- Airconditioning unit inside.
- Communal kitchen and ablution block with hot and cold running water, flush toilets, showers, baths and basins
- The camp is equipped with mains electricity
Facilities
- Ndumo education centre
- Game drives, Auto trail, laundry facilities, freezer
- No shop in the reserve but a well stocked trading store 2 kms from the reserve gate
No facilities for people with disabilities
Extra Information
- Special Precautions
- Ndumo is in a malaria area and special precautions are necessary
- The nearest town which has a full range of services is Mkuze which is 100 kms away
- Pets are not permitted into the reserve
Gate Times
| Gate Times | Summer (Oct-Mar) |
Winter (Apr-Sep ) |
| Gates Open | 06:00 | 06:00 |
| Gates Close | 19:00 | 18:00 |
Office Hours
The office is open from 07h30 to 10h00 and 10h30 to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 16h00
Check in / out
Check Out Time: 10h00
Check In Time: 14h00
