Northern Tuli Game Reserve
The Northern Tuli Game Reserve is a nature reserve in the far eastern corner of Botswana at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers between the borders with Zimbabwe and South Africa . The protected area, designated in 1964, is 760 km² in size and is intended to form the core zone of a later cross-border Mapungubwe Trans Frontier Conservation Area - see also the World Heritage - cultural landscape Mapungubwe and Thuli Parks and Wildlife Land .
The Tuli area looks different from the rest of Botswana. There are dominant basalt formations and large areas of sandstone hills and ridges together with a network of largely seasonally dry river beds, such as the Motloutse , and alluvial forests as well as open meadows and marshland. From lookout points on the rocks, the plains of Botswana can be seen stretching north.
The reserve combines previously existing protected areas, such as the Tuli, the Mashatu and the Ntani areas, on mostly private land. Fauna and flora are diverse. Among other things, one of the largest elephant populations in Africa lives here on private land. 350 species of birds were counted, including white storks with transmitters in Germany .
Thousands of years old San rock carvings and relics of the settlements from the Mapungubwe period (approx. 1200–1270 AD) are distributed over the area . The area also played a role at the time of Cecil Rhodes ' activities and saw various conflicts during the two Boer Wars .
Coordinates: 22 ° 10 ′ S , 29 ° 8 ′ E
Web links
- Tuli Region & Tuli Game Reserve - Safari information on eyesonafrica.net
- Northern Tuli Game Reserve on tulilodge.com
- Tuli Game Reserve on botswana-places.co.za
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