MAIORES CIDADES
Pietermaritzburg e Ulundi are joint capitals of the província porque of the coalition government in the provincial legislature.
Outras importantes cidades inclui Richards Bay, an important coal export harbour, and many coastal holiday resorts, such as Port Shepstone, Umhlanga Rocks and Margate.
No interior, Newcastle (ZA) is well known for steel production and coal mining, Estcourt for meat processing, and Ladysmith and Richmond for agricultura mixta. The KwaZulu-Natal coastal belt yields cana de açúcar, madeira, laranja, banana, manga e outras frutas tropicais.
Outras cidades: Amanzimtoti, Colenso, Dundee, Empangeni, Glencoe, Greytown, Kokstad, Mtubatuba, Paulpietersburg, Pinetown, St. Lucia, Stanger, Tongaat, Utrecht Vryheid.
Chamado de "província do jardim", a região verdejante está situada na costa leste da África do Sul, stretching from Porto Edward in the south northwards to the fronteira com Moçambique.
É uma província com um subtropical coastline, sweeping savana no leste e a magnífica Montanha Drakensberg, na parte oeste da província.
Por ser quente e úmido no verão, também ameno e agradável no inverno, o litoral de KwaZulu-Natal é um ótimo lugar para quem procura férias na praia.
Aliás, banhado pelo Oceano Índico é um dos mais populares destinos do país. As reservas públicas e privadas da região oferecem todos os tipos de safáris e acomodações.
O cartão-postal mostra uma vista da praia em Durban.
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Ambos os cartões-postais ilustram a praia de Durban - cidade na costa do Oceano Índico, perto da cidade de Natal. Foram os zulus quem batizaram o local com este nome, que significa "onde a terra encontra com o oceano". Atualmente, em toda Durban há mesquitas e mercados.
Lá vivem zulus, hindus, dutchs, portugueses e chineses. A costa de Durban é um dos pontos mais procurados pelos jovens turistas que "chegam" pelo Aeroporto Internacional de Durban.
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Em Durban, há parques aquáticos, resorts com vista para o mar e clima de verão o ano todo. Em KwaZulu-Natal, há o Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, um World Heritage Site onde há uma quantidade incomparável de pássaros e outros animais selvagens.
Nas vilas de Zululand, turistas podem comprar artesanatos zulus, assistir às danças nativas e passar a noite em uma cabana zulu.
As Drakensberg Mountains são ideais para hiking e pesca, e visitantes ainda poderão ver desenhos pré-históricos em cavernas no Giant’s Castle.
Separando KwaZulu-Natal from the montanha do Reinado de Lesoto, the Drakensberg runs 200 quilômetros ao longo do oeste da fronteira com a província.
A parte norte da província, faz fronteira com o sul da Suazilândia, is típica savana africana, providing a natural backdrop for its rica vida selvagem, protected in several game parques.
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Some of South Africa's best-protected indigenous coastal forests are found along the subtropical coastline of KwaZulu-Natal, for example at Dukuduku and Kosi Bay. It is also along this coast that the magnificent St Lucia Estuary and Kosi Bay lakes are located.
Durban is one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the world. Seu porto é the busiest na África do Sul e também um dos 10 largest no mundo. KwaZulu-Natal é uma província única com uma monarquia especificamente provided for in its Constitution.
The people — KwaZulu-Natal tem uma grande população in the country with some nine million people living on 92.100 km2 of land. O principal idioma falado é o zulu (isiZulu), followed by inglês e africâner. Remnants of British colonialism together with Zulu, Indian and Afrikaans traditions make for an interesting cultural mix in the province.
Agriculture and industry — Heavy minerals are mined at Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. The sugar-cane plantations along the Indian Ocean coastal belt form the mainstay of the economy and agriculture of the region.
For our Reinado de Zulu is a many-splendoured interaction of natural wonders, ultra-modern facilities, fascinating cultural imprints and reminders of a dynamic history. Gateway to this unique holiday destination is the Buzz of coastal Africa's ultimate pleasure-palace... the sophisticated and cosmopolitan, vibrant harbour-city of Durban.
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Senso: As 1.200 girafas nas áreas protegidas de KwaZulu-Natal (caraqueterizada como "área especialmente protegida") foram originadas de 27 animais de Transvaal, introduzidas nas Reservas de Hluhluwe e Mkhuze entre 1948 a 1965, e outras 22, também de Transvaal, entre 1978 e 1980.
Distribuição: Du Plessis (1969) informou que girafas existem no nordeste de KwaZulu-Natal. Goodman & Tomkinson (1987) evidenciaram o contrário, indicando que girafas não apareciam no sul de Komati River antes da introdução delas em KwaZulu-Natal em 1948.
Organização social: Machos adultos são solitários e não há evidências quanto
a territorialidade. Grupos de 4 a 10 animais, geralmente, com fêmeas e jovens,
vivem em grandes regiões: 2.000 a 3.000 hectares na Reservas de KwaZulu-Natal.
(Skinner & Smithers - 1990)
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Reserva Amatigulu
Nesta área protegida encontramos 14 girafas, aproximadamente.
Reserva Natural Enseleni
Nesta área protegida encontramos 7 girafas, aproximadamente.
Consists of coastal grasslands and forest and the Nseleni river provides a freshwater habitat. Game species occurring in the reserve include girafa, wildebeest, zebra, impala, reedbuck, waterbuck, bushbuck, bushpig, red, blue and grey duiker, hippopotamus, crocodile, large-spotted genet and the shy bushbaby. The reserve has a magnificent Activities Centre which is available for use by education groups and as a conference facility. The Centre is fitted with modern and comprehensive audio visual equipment and facilities include ablutions, kitchen, boma and electricity. No accommodation, camping or caravanning is available at the camp. Only picnic sites are available. No bookings are necessary for picnicking. The Nkonkoni trail is 7 km and the Mvubu trail is 2 km in length.
Greater Saint Lucia Wetland Park
St. Lucia Game Reserve
Sítio natural, considerado Patrimônio Mundial, tambado pela UNESCO, em 1999.
Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park: Também em KwaZulu-Natal, esse parque detém o título de reserva mais antiga da África do Sul. A vida animal é abundante, diversa e a quantidade de animais que vivem na água é incomparável, incluindo pelicanos, andorinhas-do-mar, flamingos, crocodilos e tartarugas.
Kwazulu Natal near Mtubatuba covering an area of 23060ha. Leopard, Cheetah, Lion, Black-Backed Jackal, Reedbuck, Nyala, Eland, White and Black Rhino, Giraffe, Zebra, Kudu, Waterbuck, Blue Wildbeest and about 400 bird species.
Reserva Imfolozi ou Umfolozi Game Reserve
Hluhuwe-Humfolozi Park: A oeste do St. Lucia, esse parque salvou o rinoceronte-branco da extinção. Na verdade, o animal é cinza - seu nome é uma tradução dos africanos em relação à sua enorme boca quadrada -, e mais de 1.200 rinocerontes-brancos vivem aqui, atualmente.
Rinocerontes brancos do Parque Nacional Unfolozi, perto de Zuzulândia.
Existem girafas em Umfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, na África do Sul...
Northern Kwazulu Natal, near Mtubatuba. This 48000ha. reserve is connected to Hluhluwe Game Reserve by a 8 km. wide, 21000ha. strip, known as the "Umfolozi-Hluhluwe Corridor". The two reserves and the corridor together cover about 100000ha. Umfolozi consists more of hilly country and flood plains along the Black and the White Umfolozi Rivers.
Foto By Africa Imagery.
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Aqui foram introduzidas girafas entre 1948 a 1965. Nesta área protegida encontramos 450 girafas, aproximadamente.
'Imfolozi' the heart of the Zulu Kingdom, the home of the White Rhino, where wilderness trails take you along mighty rivers wandering through thorn savannah inhabited by the big five of African legend. Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park is the oldest game reserve in Africa proclaimed in 1895. It was the exclusive hunting preserve of the Zulu kings who protected the area by proclaiming conservation laws long before any formal protection.
As the home of "Operation Rhino" in the 1950s and 60s, the Park became world renowned for its White Rhino conservation. Other areas of focus for which it is famed include its wilderness trails which origionated in Imfolozi in the 1950s and its renowned Game Capture unit recently upgraded into the Centenary Capture Centre which is a bench mark for animal capture and sustainable utilization in Africa.
Hluhluwe Imfolozi covers some 96.000 ha and an immense diversity of fauna and flora occurs in this region. Imfolozi, the southern component of the park lies west of the town of Mtubatuba. The region is generally hot in summer, and mild to cool in winter, although cold spells do occur. Larger mammals to be seen include buffalo, blue wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, elephant, and large numbers of impala, waterbuck, common and mountain reedbuck, nyala, kudu, bushbuck, steenbuck, duiker, warthog, black rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, hyaena and jackal.
Aqui foram observadas girafas em 1977.
(Necking behavior, Umfolozi Game Reserve, Zululand, South Africa, 1977. G C
Hickman.)
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Existem girafas (Giraffa camelopardalis) em Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, na África do Sul...
Nesta área protegida encontramos 170 girafas, aproximadamente. Northern Kwazulu Natal. Covering a area of about 30000ha., the reserve consists mostly of open woodland savanna and grasse hills. As duas fotos abaixo são by Africa Imagery.
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Reserva Mkuzi ou Mkhuze Game Reserve
Aqui foram introduzidas girafas entre 1948 a 1965. Nesta área protegida encontramos 200 girafas, aproximadamente.
Situated on the North-eastern Kwazulu Natal, Mkuzi covers an area of 34000ha. of open savanna woodland and riverine forest. The hide at Nsumo Pan is the ideal spot where to spend a couple of hours watching the Hippos, Crocodiles and other game coming down to drink.
A place of great beauty and high contrasts, Mkhuze is renowned as a mecca for bird lovers, with more than 420 bird species on record. The reserve has an astonishing diversity of natural habitats, from the eastern slopes of the Lebombo mountains along its eastern boundary, to broad stretches of acacia savannah, swamps and a variety of woodlands and riverine forest. A rare type of sand forest also occurs in the reserve.
Two beautiful pans, Nhlonhlela and Nsumo, lie in the north and east respectively, home to communities of hippo, crocodile, pinkbacked and white pelicans, as well as a diversity of ducks and geese which gather in spring. Situated in northern Zululand, this 40 000 hectare reserve was proclaimed a protected area in 1912. Mkhuze Game Reserve constitutes the north western spur of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park a recently declared World Heritage Site.
The Mkhuze River curves along the reserve's northern and eastern borders with a fine stretch of fig forest along its banks. Fish eagles swoop over the pans, snatching prey spotted from their perches in the fever trees. Other animals to be found in the reserve include black and white rhinoceros, elephant, giraffe, leopard, nyala, blue wildebeest, warthog, eland, impala, kudu and other smaller antelope. Rare species occurring are cheetah, hyaena and suni. A Zulu cultural village in the reserve offers a glimpse of the traditional lifestyle and crafts of the KwaJobe community.
Natal Parks Board
Natal Drakensberg Park e Royal Natal National Park: Esses parques de KwaZulu-Natal apresentam estonteantes cenários montanhosos. Duas montanhas, a Sentinel e a Eastern Buttress, estão lado a lado e criam um imenso anfiteatro, considerado uma das formações rochosas mais bonitas da África do Sul.
Aos seus pés, o rio Tugulu se movimenta com suas cascatas, descendo 615 metros. Com uma queda combinada de 945 metros, as cascatas do rio Tugulu incluem a segundas maior queda d’água do mundo (a primeira é a cascata de Angel Falls, na Venezuela).
Localizado próximo a cidade de Natal, na África do Sul, não é parque nacional, mas um parque local daquela região. As atuais girafas do Zoológico de Brasília - DF, vieram deste parque em 1997. Também, em 1999, chegou no Zoológico de Belo Horizonte - MG, um casal de girafa proveniente deste parque...
Visite as páginas: Zôo de Brasília e Zôo de Belo Horizonte!
Ndumo/Tembe Elephant Reserve: Esse parque, que acompanha a divisa norte de Kwa-Zulu Natal, compreende uma área isolada de 290 km² que protege a planície do rio Phongolo, e também uma reserva fluvial que protege os lagos Banzi e Nyamithi. Dentro do Tembo, os elefantes de Kwa-Zulu Natal estão seguros. Apenas 10 pessoas podem entrar no parque por dia. Devido ao terreno arenoso, apenas veículos de tração nas quatro rodas têm acesso ao local. A fauna local inclui hipopótamos, crocodilos e 420 espécies de pássaros.
Nesta área protegida encontramos 40 girafas, aproximadamente. Northern Kwazulu Natal, next to the Mozambique border. Altought small, only 10117ha., Ndumo is one of the most beautiful Reserves in South Africa, with its Fig tree forests and large pans albergating a prolific bird life of about 420 species. Nyala, White and Black Rhino, Hippo, Waterbuck, Suni and aother antelopes, and about 420 bird species.
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Foto acima: By Africa Imagery. Abaixo: Nature Wildlife Giraffe Page - © Copyright Spook, 1996. Photo by Spook Skelton, em Ndumo Game Reserve, Natal - África do Sul (Nikon F4/400mm lens and Kodachrome 64 Film).
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Reserva Ophathe
Drained by the White Mfolozi River, the reserve offers spectacular scenery with highland grassveld on the ridges and valley bushveld in the steep river valleys. Established in 1989, this is one of the newest of KwaZulu-Natal's game reserves.
A re-introduction programme is underway with the following large mammals already present. Black rhino, leopard, hyaena, eland, zebra, blue wildebeest, baboon, giraffe, waterbuck, nyala, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, common reedbuck and a small population of klipspringer.
The Reserve is situated in the heartland of the Zulu empire of Shaka and Dingaan which adds an additional dimension with many historic sites such as Kwa-Bulawayo, Ulundi and Ungungundlovu only a short drive away. There are game viewing roads and walking is permitted at your own risk.
Reserva Natural Phongolo
Falling from the heights of the Lebombo Mountains down across the Phongolopoort Dam to typical african savannah in the west, this reserve is the oldest proclaimed conservation area in Africa.
Proclaimed on the 13th of June 1894 by President Paul Kruger and reproclaimed in 1903, ostensively to protect declining game numbers, but in reality as a stratagy for the old Transvaal Republic to gain access to the sea, the reserve contains a large number of special ecosystems and habitats.
These include the unique veld type called Golela, which is an important Suni antelope breeding habitat.
The species rich Lobombo Mountain forests found in deep moist soils in the south-east facing valleys and slopes on the eastern side of the reserve, and the western savannah with Themeda grassveld dotted with knobthorns and maroela trees.
The area boasts a bird list of over 300 species and a range of plains game including white rhino, giraffe, blue wildebeest, kudu, impala, nyala, warthog, waterbuck, common and mountain reedbuck and zebra.
The dam has large populations of hippos and crocodiles and fish species that include tigerfish, the focus of a number of fishing competitions through the year.
Phongolo has been declared a resource reserve and will be offering sport hunting this year on a range of species. Facilities include a rustic campsite on the edge of the water equipped with cold showers and flush toilets. This campsite, set on green lawns under large acacia trees, can accommodate 120 people in 15 sites.
Nesta área protegida encontramos 35 girafas, aproximadamente.
Spioenkop Mountain stands sentry over thorn savannah and water where visitors can see panoramas that stretch from hot valley bushveld across cool water to the Drakensberg Mountains often covered in snow in the winter.
Steeped in Anglo Boer War history, the reserve boasts a rich selection of wildlife including white rhinocerous, girafa and a variety of plains and bushveld antelope.
Spioenkop Mountain is the site of the infamous Battle of Spioenkop which took place in 1900 where the British suffered one of their worst defeats of that period.
The Battlefield is accessible by road and the 360 degree view from the summit can only be described as spectacular. From the reserve there are views of the Drakensberg Mountains which extend from Giants Castle, to the Sentinal in Royal Natal National Park.
Tembe Elephant Reserve... Nesta área protegida encontramos girafas e, na época de seca, os elefantes daqui migram para o Parque dos Elefantes, em Moçambique...
Reserva Tala
All the giraffe pictures on this page were taken at Tala Game Reserve, near Durban on South Africa's east coast. This private nature reserve's mix of thorn trees and open grassland supports a diversity of wildlife and offers good opportunities for taking pictures of giraffe, zebra and a variety of antelope.
Tala is unique in that it is surrounded by farms and other development, yet much of this is hidden once you are in the game reserve. If you're ever in Durban and are pressed for time, this game sanctuary is definitely worth a visit. It's also situated in a malaria-free area, which is a huge bonus for the fleeting visitor who wants to avoid taking anti-malarial medication.
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Nesta área protegida encontramos 40 girafas, aproximadamente.
The distant blue hills and undulating thornveld valleys of KwaZulu-Natal make a superb backdrop for the scenic Weenen Game Reserve. With the Bushmans River flowing through a spectacular gorge in the reserve, Weenen's excellent road system and walking trails, visitors have many scenic and game viewing opportunities as they walk or drive around the reserve.
Both black and white rhino have been introduced since the 5.000 ha reserve was proclaimed in 1974. Other re-introduced game includes giraffe, buffalo, red hartebeest, eland, zebra, klipspringer, ostrich, common reedbuck, and roan antelope.
Encontrei informações sobre girafas (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), em Phinda Resource Reserve e Ndumu Game Reserve, ambas em KwaZulu-Natal - África do Sul...
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Última atualização: 17/06/2008. |
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