Itala Game Reserve
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Template:Infobox protected area Image:JCW-Map-Natal-Itala.png Itala Game Reserve, 290 km² of rugged, mountainous thornveld in northern KwaZulu-Natal, about 400 km north of Durban. It is one of the youngest game parks in South Africa. The altitude varies from 400 m (Pongola River) to 1450 m (Ngotshe Mountains), so there is a great variation of terrain which extends over lowveld and densely vegetated river valleys to high-lying grassland plateaus, ridges and cliff faces.
All the big game species have been re-established with the exception of lion.
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History
- In the late 1800s land was given by King Dinizulu to white farmers.
- In 1973 the then Natal Parks Board started buying up farms in this area to make up this Reserve.
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Trivia
- There are two abandoned gold mines found at Itala.
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