About Rocky Drift Nature Reserve
Rocky Drift is a private nature reserve 290 kilometres from Johannesburg in Waterval Boven – a beautiful enclosed valley that preserve 257 hectares of mountain country.
Did you know? The Rocky Drift Nature Reserve offers hiking, mountain biking, quad biking and camping.
Through the Rocky Drift Nature Reserve runs the Joubert Spruit tributary fed by water from the surrounding mountain tops that has not once dried up in the past 60 years.
Animals you can expect to see in the Rocky Drift reserve include bushbuck, baboon, klipspringer, duiker, steenbok, reedbuck, monkeys, leopard, genet and rock pythons.
Prolific bird life includes black eagle, steppe buzzard and numerous falcon and kites.
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WhereRocky Drift Nature Reserve, Waterval Boven, Highlands, Mpumalanga, South Africa
WhenDaylight hours.
OvernightStay in Waterval Boven Accommodation, Mpumalanga
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Accommodation near Rocky Drift Nature Reserve
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