Marloth Park

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View of Marloth Park
Visit a zebra in the veranda
View of the Kruger National Park and the Crocodile River

Marloth Park is a private nature reserve and holiday park in South Africa . In this nature park there are many lodges, hotels, guest houses and private houses. The park is home to numerous native species.

Surname

Rudolf Marloth was a well-known botanist from South Africa of German descent. He was born in Lübben in 1855 . As a trained chemist, he emigrated to the Cape Colony in 1881 and ran a pharmacy in Kimberley . He dealt with natural sciences, especially botany , and taught at Victoria College , which later became the University of Stellenbosch . He wrote several botanical books and died in South Africa in 1931. A very common plant was named after him: the aloe marlothii . It is native to Mpumalanga , KwaZulu-Natal , Swaziland and Botswana and can grow up to 9 meters high. It is widespread in Marloth Park.

  • Blooming aloe marlothii in Marloth Park. The electric fence overlooks the Kruger National Park.

history

In 1977 the "Marloth Park Holiday Township " was officially proclaimed. A “Crocodile River Holiday Township and Nature Reserve” already existed at this point. The land used to belong to a few farmers who made their houses available to travelers to stay overnight. The Marloth Park area was intended as a “stop-over”: before the civil war in Mozambique began in 1977, the then capital Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ) was a popular destination for South African tourists. They were often late to cross the border between South Africa and Mozambique before closing at 10 p.m. For these tourists, the area in Marloth Park was ideal for overnight stays.

Marloth Park was opened in 1972 as a holiday township. Much of the park remained untouched. There are no fences inside the park. The gardens remained in their original state. Marloth Park is separated from Kruger National Park by a fence and the Crocodile River . Within the park there are giraffes , wildebeest , kudu, zebras , impalas , bushbucks , warthogs , baboons , green monkeys as well as other small game and a diverse bird life. Lions sometimes come to the village.

geography

The Main Place Marloth Park had just 1,000 inhabitants, mostly white in the census 2011th Marloth Park belongs to the "Greater Kruger Park" and is located on the southern edge of the Kruger National Park.

Marloth Park is located in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, 450 kilometers east of Johannesburg , 110 kilometers west of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, and 15 kilometers from Komatipoort , the border town with Mozambique. The place is about 200 meters above sea level.

climate

Climate data

Jan Feb March Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec month
33 32 31 30th 28 26th 26th 27 29 30th 31 32 Maximum ° C
21st 20th 19th 15th 10 6th 6th 9 13 16 18th 19th Minimum ° C
9 8th 7th 5 3 2 2 2 3 6th 8th 9 Rainydays

  • Warthog in the garden

  • Giraffes look from the Lionspruit area over the fence into Marloth Park

  • Giraffes in the middle of Marloth Park

  • Antelopes around the house

  • Wild gnus and zebras come to the house with their young

  • Elephants in the Crocodile River - view over the fence from Marloth Park

Web links

Commons : Marloth Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Danell Watts: Lions roam the streets of Marloth Park. In: Lowvelder. May 21, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ 2011 census , accessed October 2, 2016
  3. ^ The Africa Report, Country profiles, January 2010.

Coordinates: 25 ° 20 ′ 35 ″  S , 31 ° 46 ′ 58 ″  E