Wildlife by group and country
Reptiles in South Africa
- 6 parks and reserves
- 3 dive sites
- 8 species
Eight reptiles for nine places, and the list splits between sea and interior: four sea turtles at Sodwana Bay, Cape Vidal and Aliwal Shoal, with the hawksbill critically endangered; and the Nile crocodile, the African rock python, the leopard tortoise and the Cape cobra in Kruger, Kgalagadi — 38,000 km² — and the Karoo. iSimangaliso and Mapungubwe are World Heritage.
Where
Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.
Rocky reef
Aliwal Shoal
South Africa
South AfricaUp to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m23 °C
Green Turtle · Hawksbill Turtle
See dive site
UNESCOWetland Park
iSimangaliso
South Africa
Leatherback Sea Turtle · Nile Crocodile
See park
National Park
Kruger National Park
South Africa
Central African Rock Python · Nile Crocodile
See parkUNESCO
Tropical reef
Sodwana Bay
South Africa
Up to 30 m · Open Water
15 m24 °C
UNESCO
Reef/Sardine Run
Cape Vidal
South Africa
Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m22 °C
Game Reserve
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi
South Africa
Nile Crocodile
See park
National Park
Karoo
South Africa
Leopard Tortoise
See park
Transfrontier Park
Kgalagadi
South Africa
Cape Cobra
See park
UNESCONational Park
Mapungubwe
South Africa
Nile Crocodile
See park
