Shamwari Game Reserve

Shamwari Game Reserve
A herd of Impala grazing on Shamwari plains
Location within Eastern Cape
Location	Near Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Coordinates	33°28′42″S 26°02′07″E / 33.47836°S 26.03519°E / -33.47836; 26.03519
Area	250 km² (97 sq mi)
Established	1992; 32 years ago (1992)
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Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has been returned to a more natural condition after many years of agricultural farming.

It is part of the Indalo Protected Environment.^[1]

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Wildlife

Animals that roam around this game reserve include the Big five game, hippopotamus, South African giraffe, Cape mountain zebra, Southeast African cheetah, wildebeest and hyena.^[2]

Awards and honours

In 2005 the reserve was awarded the Global Nature Fund Award for Best Conservation Practice.

In popular culture

It was the subject of the 2018 Netflix reality TV series Shamwari Untamed.^[3]

The British TV series of Safari School was filmed here. The Animal Planet series titled "Shamwari: A wild life" was also filmed at the game reserve. The show highlighted what goes on behind the scenes at the reserve.

Partner organisations

The Born Free Foundation jointly funds a sanctuary at Shamwari that gives lifetime care to several lions and leopards that have been discovered in poor conditions in circuses or zoos around the world. They have two centres on the reserve, one in the north and one in the south.

References

^ "Indalo Private Game Reserve Assocciation". Indalo Private Game Reserve Assocciation. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ https://www.safaribookings.com/shamwari/wildlife
^ Shamwari Untamed Netflix

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External links

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National Parks	Camdeboo National Park Addo Elephant National Park Mountain Zebra National Park Garden Route National Park Knysna National Lake Area (Western Cape) Tsitsikamma National Park (Eastern Cape) Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area Wilderness National Park (Western Cape)
Mega Parks	Greater Addo Elephant National Park Addo Elephant National Park Woody Cape Nature Reserve Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area Bird Island St. Croix Island, Algoa Bay Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve
Parks managed by Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency	Commando Drift Nature Reserve Dwesa Nature Reserve Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area East London Coast Nature Reserve Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve Great Fish River Nature Reserve Hluleka Nature Reserve Hluleka Marine Protected Area Mkhambathi Nature Reserve Pondoland Marine Protected Area Mpofu Nature Reserve Oviston Nature Reserve Silaka Nature Reserve Thomas Baines Nature Reserve Tsolwana Nature Reserve
Private and other parks	Buffelspruit Nature Reserve Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve Kwandwe Private Game Reserve Samara Private Game Reserve Shamwari Game Reserve
Marine protected areas	Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area Amathole Marine Protected Area Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area Hluleka Marine Protected Area Pondoland Marine Protected Area Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area