About SANParks
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Natures best!
South African National Parks, (SANParks), manages a system of parks which represents the indigenous fauna, flora, landscapes and associated cultural heritage of the country. Of all the national parks, most have overnight tourist facilities, with an unrivalled variety of accommodation in arid, coastal, mountain and bushveld habitats.
National parks offer visitors an unparalleled diversity of adventure tourism opportunities including game viewing, bush walks, canoeing and exposure to cultural and historical experiences. Conferences can also be organised in many of the parks.
The national parks are: Groenkloof, Kruger, Table Mountain, Marakele, Golden Gate, Camdeboo, Mountain Zebra, Addo Elephant, Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness, Bontebok, Agulhas, West Coast, Karoo, Namaqua, |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld, Augrabies, Kgalagadi, Mapungubwe and Tankwa Karoo and a soon to be proclaimed new park that will replace Vaalbos..
We’d love to welcome you to one of these parks and challenge you to go wild as you take a walk on the wild side of SANParks – SA’s natural heritage.
Sizes (in Hectares) of parks
Park |
Date Proclaimed |
Area in 1994 |
Area added since 1994 (Ha) |
Current size (Ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1931 |
51 309 |
112 661 |
164 233 |
|
1999 |
0 |
5 690 |
5 690 |
|
1966 |
11 743 |
29 933 |
41 676 |
|
1931 |
2 786 |
0 |
2 786 |
|
2005 |
19 405 |
19 405 |
||
1963 |
11 633 |
0 |
11 633 |
|
1931 |
959 103 |
0 |
959 103 |
|
1979 |
41 047 |
|
83133 |
|
1985 |
15 000 |
0 |
15 000 |
|
1926 (1898) |
1 962 362 |
0 |
1 962 362 |
|
1989 |
0 |
5 356 |
5 356 |
|
1993 |
37 035 |
13 691 |
50 726 |
|
2007 |
n/a |
19611 |
19611 |
|
1937 |
6 536 |
s |
28 412 |
|
|
|
|
||
1991 |
162 445 |
0 |
162 445 |
|
1998 |
0 |
24 310 |
24 310 |
|
1986 |
27 064 |
16 835 |
43 899 |
|
1964 |
63 942 |
0 |
63 942 |
|
1985 |
32 361 |
3 912 |
36 273 |
|
1985 |
10 600 |
0 |
10 600 |
|
| Total |