Overview
Mantuma Camp is located in the Big 5, Mkhuze Game Rerserve, northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal. Drive time from Durban on the N2 north is approximately 3.5 hours. The Mkhuze Game Reserve was proclaimed on the 15th February 1912.
Description
Mkuze Game Reserve, Mkuze also spelled Mkhuze, park in northern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. The park, established in 1912, lies to the east of the Lebombo Mountains and has an area of 95 square miles (246 square km). Vegetation varies from open bush country to thorn velds and forests of sycamore figs and giant aloes. Pans (water holes) are inhabited by species that include crocodiles, hippopotamuses, and various types of waterfowl. Other wildlife such as black rhinoceros, wildebeest, leopard, impala and other antelope, and several hundred species of birds—including spurwings, pelicans, Egyptian geese, vultures, bee-eaters, honey guides, and crested guinea fowl—have been recorded.