Shamwari Game Reserve

{{Short description|Game reserve outside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa}}

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Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has been returned to a more natural condition after many years of agricultural farming.

It is part of the Indalo Protected Environment.{{Cite web |title=Indalo Private Game Reserve Assocciation |url=https://www.indaloreserves.com/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Indalo Private Game Reserve Association |language=en-US}}

Wildlife

Animals that roam around this game reserve include the Big five game, hippopotamus, South African giraffe, Cape mountain zebra, Southeast African cheetah, wildebeest and hyena.{{cite web | url=https://www.safaribookings.com/shamwari/wildlife | title=Shamwari Animals – Wildlife in Shamwari Private Game Reserve }}

Awards and honours

In 2005 the reserve was awarded the Global Nature Fund Award for Best Conservation Practice{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}.

Partner organisations

The Born Free Foundation jointly funds a sanctuary at Shamwari that gives lifetime care to several lions and leopards that have been discovered in poor conditions in circuses or zoos around the world. They have two centres on the reserve, one in the north and one in the south.

Image:Zebras, Shamwari Game Reserve, South Africa.jpg

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