African Wildlife Environment Issue 75 FINAL

Situated in the lowveld of the northern Limpopo is the 9 500-odd hectare Blouberg Nature Reserve. It lies in relative obscurity, in the midst of a rural village, and farming communities at the foot of the eastern foothills of the Blouberg Mountain. It is part of an inselberg of the greater Soutpansberg chain of mountains, even if it is separated from it by 30 kilometres of flat plains. Limpopo’s Little Jewel BLOUBERG NATURE RESERVE

Article and photos: Gerd Botha

The resident Blouberg reserve Ruppell's Vulture captured at a local waterhole (Photograph: Johan van Wyk)

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