Marakele National Park is a National Park that is part of the Waterberg Biosphere in Limpopo Province, South Africa. An exiting option to add to your South Africa Tour or South Africa Safari.
Marakele is located a few kilometres from the town of Thabazimbi and is easily reachable within 3 hours from Pretoria.
Flora and fauna
The park is accessible to all passenger vehicles, with the camp and tent sites on good roads. Also, approximately 80km 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 250 species of birds. 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 150 square kilometres, and was shortly after renamed to its current name. By 1999, the park had expanded to 670 square kilometres.
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