Index of protected areas of South Africa

Last updated November 20, 2020

The following index is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the protected areas of South Africa:

A

Addo Elephant National Park – A diverse wildlife conservation park near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
Agulhas Bank Complex Marine Protected Area – An offshore marine conservation area south of Cape Agulhas in South Africa
Agulhas Front Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the Eastern Cape in South Africa's EEZ
Agulhas Muds Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the Western Cape in South Africa
Agulhas National Park – National park on the coastal plain between Gansbaai and Struisbaai in the Western Cape, South Africa
Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park – Transfrontier park in Namibia and South Africa
Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Aliwal Shoal Offshore Marine Protected Area – 2019 extension to the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area
Amathole Offshore Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
Augrabies Falls National Park – National park in the Northern Cape, South Africa

B

Benguela Mud Marine Protected Area
Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
Bird Island Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa now part of the Addo Elephant National Park
Bontebok National Park – National park near Swellendam in the Western Cape, South Africa
Botanical Garden University of Stellenbosch
Browns Bank Corals Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area on the continental slope of South Africa

C

Camdeboo National Park – National park at Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Cape Canyon Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the Western Cape in South Africa
Childs Bank Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the west coast of South Africa

D

De Hoop Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area on the south coast of the Western Cape of South Africa
Drakensberg Botanic Garden
Durban Botanic Gardens – Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens, in South Africa
Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area – A coastal marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa

F

Free State National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden just outside Bloemfontein

G

The Garden Route Botanical Garden
Garden Route National Park – Coastal national park in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa
Golden Gate Highlands National Park – National park in the Free State, South Africa, near the Lesotho border
Goukamma Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area the Western Cape in South Africa
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park – Transfrontier park in South Africa, Mozambique qnd Zimbabwe
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area – Transfrontier conservation area in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe

H

Harold Porter National Botanical Garden – Conservation area at Betty's Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa
Helderberg Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
Hluleka Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa

I

iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in northern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
iSimangaliso Offshore Marine Protected Area – Large 2019 extension to the iSimangaliso marine protected area

J

Johannesburg Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jutten Island Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area (in region) in South Africa

K

Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden – A botanical garden for plants of arid regions at the foot of the Hex River Mountains in the town of Worcester, South Africa
Karoo National Park – A wildlife reserve in the Great Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – Transfrontier conservation area in Botswana and South Africa
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden at the foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town
Kruger National Park – First national park in South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

L

Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Langebaan lagoon in the Western Cape province of South Africa
Lowveld National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden near Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area – Conservation area in KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Swaziland

M

Malgas Island Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area on the west coast in the Western Cape province in South Africa
Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area – International park in Lesotho and South Africa
Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pretoria, South Africa
Mapungubwe National Park – National park in Limpopo, South Africa
Marakele National Park – A National Park that is part of the Waterberg Biosphere in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Marcus Island Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
Mokala National Park – A reserve in the Plooysburg area south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Mountain Zebra National Park – A national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

N

Namaqua Fossil Forest Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the northwest cost of the Northern Cape province of South Africa
Namaqua National Park – A South African national park in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape
Namaqua National Park Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, in South Africa
North-West University Botanical Garden – Botanical Garden on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University
Nsubane Pongola Transfrontier Conservation Area – A proposed protected area in South Africa and Swaziland

O

Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the Northern Cape in South Africa

P

Pondoland Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area (in region) in South Africa
Port Elizabeth Corals Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the Eastern Cape in South Africa
Pretoria National Botanical Garden – Garden in eastern Pretoria, Gauteng
Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the waters of the Prince Edward Islands in the southern Indian Ocean
Protea Banks Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the coastal waters of southern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

R

Robben Island Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area around and offshore of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape province in South Africa
Robberg Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area around the Robberg peninsula in South Africa

S

Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected Area
Songimvelo-Malolotja Transfrontier Conservation Area – A peace park on the South Africa - Swaziland border between Barberton and Pigg's Peak
Southeast Atlantic Seamounts Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the South Atlantic in the South African EEZ
Southwest Indian Seamounts Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area south of Stilbaai in the Western Cape in South Africa
Stilbaai Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa

T

Table Mountain National Park – A national park on tha Cape Peninsula in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area around the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
Tankwa Karoo National Park – A conservation area west of Sutherland in the Western and Northern Cape
Trafalgar Marine Protected Area
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area on the south coast of South Africa

U

University of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Usuthu-Tembe-Futi Transfrontier Conservation Area – A group of protected areas in southern Africa, straddling parts of South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland
uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area – A marine conservation area off the coast of kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

W

Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary – A marine conservation area in the Western Cape province in South Africa
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden – Botanical reserve in Roodepoort near Johannesburg
West Coast National Park – Conservation area north of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa

World heritage sites

Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
Cape Floristic Region Protected Areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
Robben Island
uKhahlamba/Drakensberg Park
Vredefort Dome

References

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Index of protected areas of South Africa

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