Index of protected areas of South Africa

The following index is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the protected areas of South Africa:

A

A

• Addo Elephant National Park – Diverse wildlife conservation park near Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
• Agulhas Bank Complex Marine Protected Area – Offshore marine conservation area south of Cape Agulhas in South Africa
• Agulhas Front Marine Protected Area – Offshore marine conservation area off the Eastern Cape in South Africa's EEZ
• Agulhas Muds Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area offshore of the Western Cape in South Africa
• Agulhas National Park – National park on the coastal plain between Gansbaai and Struisbaai in the Western Cape, South Africa
• Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
   – Transfrontier park in Namibia and South Africa
• Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Aliwal Shoal Offshore Marine Protected Area
   – 2019 extension to the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area
• Amathole Offshore Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
• Augrabies Falls National Park – National park in the Northern Cape, South Africa

B

• Benguela Mud Marine Protected Area
   – Marine conservation area off the Western Cape province of South AfricaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
• Bird Island Marine Protected Area
   – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
• Bontebok National Park – National park near Swellendam in the Western Cape, South Africa
• Botanical Garden University of Stellenbosch
• Browns Bank Corals Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the continental slope of South Africa

C

• Camdeboo National Park – National park at Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Cape Canyon Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area off the Western Cape in South Africa
• Childs Bank Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area off the west coast of South Africa

D

• De Hoop Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the coast of South Africa
• Drakensberg Botanic Garden
• Durban Botanic Gardens – Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens, in South Africa
• Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area – Coastal marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

F

• Free State National Botanical Garden – National Botanical Garden just outside Bloemfontein, South Africa

G

• The Garden Route Botanical Garden
• Garden Route National Park – Coastal national park in South Africa
• Golden Gate Highlands National Park – National park in South Africa
• Goukamma Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area the Western Cape in South Africa
• Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park – Transfrontier park in South Africa, Mozambique qnd Zimbabwe
• Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area – Transfrontier conservation area in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe

H

• Harold Porter National Botanical Garden – Conservation area at Betty's Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa
• Helderberg Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
• Hluleka Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa

I

• iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in northern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
• iSimangaliso Offshore Marine Protected Area
   – Large 2019 extension to the iSimangaliso marine protected area

J

• Johannesburg Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Jutten Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in Saldanha Bay in South Africa

K

• Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden focused on succulents and other plants of arid regions
• Karoo National Park – Wildlife reserve in the Great Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West
• Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – Transfrontier conservation area in Botswana and South Africa
• Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden at the foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town
• Kruger National Park – First national park in South Africa
• KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

L

• Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Langebaan lagoon in the Western Cape province of South Africa
• Lowveld National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden near Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area – Conservation area in KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Swaziland

M

• Malgas Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the west coast in the Western Cape province in South Africa
• Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area
   – International park in Lesotho and South Africa
• Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pretoria, South Africa
• Mapungubwe National Park – National park in Limpopo, South Africa
• Marakele National Park – National Park that is part of the Waterberg Biosphere in Limpopo Province, South Africa
• Marcus Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
• Mokala National Park – Reserve in the Plooysburg area south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa
• Mountain Zebra National Park – National park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

N

• Namaqua Fossil Forest Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area off the northwest cost of the Northern Cape province of South Africa
• Namaqua National Park – South African national park in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape
• Namaqua National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, in South Africa
• North-West University Botanical Garden – Botanical Garden on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University
• Nsubane Pongola Transfrontier Conservation Area – Proposed protected area in South Africa and Swaziland

O

• Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area off the Northern Cape in South Africa

P

• Pondoland Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
• Port Elizabeth Corals Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area off the Eastern Cape in South Africa
• Pretoria National Botanical Garden – Garden in eastern Pretoria, Gauteng
• Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the waters of the Prince Edward Islands in the southern Indian Ocean
• Protea Banks Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the coastal waters of southern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

R

• Robben Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in South Africa
• Robberg Marine Protected Area
   – Conservation area at the Robberg peninsula in South AfricaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

S

• Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
• Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area the Western Cape in South Africa
• Songimvelo-Malolotja Transfrontier Conservation Area – Peace park on the South Africa - Swaziland border between Barberton and Pigg's Peak
• Southeast Atlantic Seamounts Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the South Atlantic in the South African EEZ
• Southwest Indian Seamounts Marine Protected Area
   – Marine conservation area south of Stilbaai in the Western Cape in South AfricaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Stilbaai Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa

T

• Table Mountain National Park – A nature conservation area on the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town, South Africa
• Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area around the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
• Tankwa Karoo National Park – Conservation area west of Sutherland in the Western and Northern Cape
• Trafalgar Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area (in region) in South Africa
• Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the south coast of South Africa

U

• University of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
• Usuthu-Tembe-Futi Transfrontier Conservation Area – Group of protected areas in southern Africa
• uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area off the coast of kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

W

• Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape province in South Africa
• Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden – Botanical reserve in Roodepoort near Johannesburg
• West Coast National Park – Nature reserve north of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa

World heritage sites

• Fossil
  Kromdraai
  , and Environs
• Cape Floristic Region Protected Areas
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park
• Mapungubwe
  Cultural Landscape
• Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
• Robben Island
• uKhahlamba/Drakensberg Park
• Vredefort Dome

References