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Caption: White Rhino female (Ceratotherium simum) with her calf standing on edge of forested area,
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
© Scotch Macaskill
Camera: Olympus C2100 UZ digital; Aperture: F3.2; Shutter Speed: 1/800; ISO: 100
Location:
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, covering some 96 000 ha, is an amalgamation of the former Hluhluwe and Umfolozi
Game Reserves and as such offers visitors an astonishing diversity of fauna and flora.
Hluhluwe, set in the heart of Zululand, was established in 1895, making it the oldest
game reserve in Africa. Game viewing is the prime attraction and the "Big Five" - elephant, lion, rhino,
buffalo and leopard - are resident in the park.
Imfolozi, the southern component of the park, lies west of the town of Mtubatuba. Larger mammals
to be seen include buffalo, blue wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, and elephant.
In excess of 300 species of birds have been recorded.
As the home of Operation Rhino in the 1950s and 60s, the park became world renowned for
its efforts to conserve the dwindling white rhino population. Other areas of expertise for
which Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park is famed include wilderness trails which originated in
Imfolozi in the 1950s and its renowned Game Capture unit, a benchmark for animal capture
and sustainable utilization throughout Africa.
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