HLUHLUWE GAME RESERVE - WILDLIFE
Hluhluwe Imfolozi is one of South Africa's most popular game parks affording visitors
fascinating wildlife encounters. The wide range of plant life in the park gives rise to a diversity
of mammals, birdlife, reptiles and amphibians. The BIG FIVE - lion, rhino (back & white)
elephant, buffalo and leopard are all to be seen in the park, as well as a variety of other
species, including cheetah, wild dog and giraffe. It is also one of the best places in the world to
see nyala.
When uncontrolled hunting brought many game species to the brink of local extinction, Hluhluwe
and Imfolozi were set aside as protected areas for game in 1895. Through good conservation
practices and the world famous project "Operation Rhino", the white rhino population was brought
back from extinction in this park. Numbering less than 20 animals in 1900 they now number in excess
of 10 000 world wide. KZN Wildlife boasts one of the best conservation teams in the world, and
enjoys international acclaim for its conservation efforts, not least in the Hluhluwe Imfolozi
Park.
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