Marakele National Park


Marakele National Park is a National Park that is part of the Waterberg Biosphere in Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Flora and fauna

The park is accessible to all passenger vehicles, with the camp and tent sites on good roads. Also, approximately 80 km of roads within the park are accessible to all vehicles, the balance requiring a four-wheel drive vehicle. Marakele is home to the big five as well as sixteen species of antelopes and over 250 species of birds, including the largest colony of Cape griffon vultures in the world. The Matlabas River runs through the park.

History

The area now constituting Marakele was home to several iron-age settlements which are not yet open to public viewing. Previous to its foundation as a National Park, it was home to naturalist Eugene Marais. Marakele was founded as Kransberg National Park in 1994 with the purchase of, and was shortly after renamed to its current name. By 1999, the park had expanded to.

Accommodation

Two tented camps are laid on in Marakele, namely Tlopi and Bontle. The SANParks webpage informs that between April and September 2013, eight new tented units will be constructed at Bontle camp, but that the camping sites will be kept open for visitors.