List of national parks in South Africa

Map of the national parks managed by the SAN

Many of the South African national parks , especially the Kruger National Park , are world famous. The national parks were set up to protect the largely untouched nature .

The institution charged with managing most of the national parks ( South African National Parks , SANParks for short) works on the basis of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act (Act 57 of 2003) .

Augrabies Falls National Park

Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Tsitsikamma National Park

National park	English name	Province (s)	Area (km²)
Addo Elephant National Park	Addo Elephant National Park	Eastern Cape	1,640
Agulhas National Park	Agulhas National Park	Western cape	56.9
Augrabies Falls National Park	Augrabies Falls National Park	North Cape	820
Bontebok National Park	Bontebok National Park	Western cape	27.8
Borakalalo National Park	Borakalalo National Park	northwest	135
Camdeboo National Park	Camdeboo National Park	Eastern Cape	194
Garden Route National Park	Garden Route (Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness) National Park	Western cape	1,210
Golden Gate Highlands National Park	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	free State	340
Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	KwaZulu-Natal	960
Karoo National Park	Karoo National Park	Western cape	831
Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park (formerly Kalahari Gemsbok National Park )	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	Botswana , South Africa (North Cape)	38,000
Kruger National Park	Kruger National Park	Limpopo , Mpumalanga	19,624
Mapungubwe National Park	Mapungubwe National Park	Limpopo	920
Marakele National Park	Marakele National Park	Limpopo	670
Mokala National Park	Mokala National Park	North Cape	275
Mountain Zebra National Park	Mountain Zebra National Park	Eastern Cape	284
Namaqua National Park	Namaqua National Park	North Cape	1,047
Pilanesberg National Park	Pilanesberg National Park	northwest	550
Sodwana Bay National Park	Sodwana Bay National Park	KwaZulu-Natal	11.55
Table Mountain National Park	Table Mountain National Park	Western cape	221
Tankwa Karoo National Park	Tankwa Karoo National Park	North Cape	1,370
West Coast National Park	West Coast National Park	Western cape	363
Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park	Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park	KwaZulu-Natal	2,428
ǀAi-ǀAis / Richtersveld-Transfrontier-Park	ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park	Namibia , South Africa (North Cape)	6.235

Former parks

• Vaalbos National Park
• Wilderness National Park (now part of the Garden Route National Park)
• Knysna National Lake Area (now part of the Garden Route National Park)
• Tsitsikamma National Park (now part of the Garden Route National Park)
• Royal Natal National Park (now part of Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park)

See also

• Category: Protected area (environmental and nature protection) in South Africa
• Natural parks in Africa

Web links

Commons : National parks in South Africa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• South African National Parks: About us . at www.sanparks.org (English), website of the South African National Park Administration
• Siyabona Africa - South Africa Nature Reserves: Game Reserves and National Parks
• KwaZulu-Natal Parks and surrounding areas
• Nationalparks-worldwide.info: National Parks of South Africa (accessed September 8, 2017)