Limpopo Reserves
Limpopo's 25 listed reserves cover four distinct landscapes. The Waterberg — a malaria-free sandstone plateau and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve — holds the province's largest cluster of private game reserves and most of its formal hiking trails. The Greater Kruger conservation landscape to the east includes Balule and the Timbavati concessions, where guided Big Five wilderness walking is the main draw. The Soutpansberg range in the far north shelters the recently declared Western Soutpansberg Nature Reserve alongside Nwanedi and reserves on the Limpopo Transfrontier border. Mapungubwe National Park, at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers on the Botswana and Zimbabwe borders, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognised for both its wildlife and its Iron Age archaeology.
SA Hikes lists each reserve with information on its landscape, management type, access and the hiking opportunities within it.
For the hiking trails themselves, see Limpopo Hikes. For a regional overview, see Discover Limpopo.
