Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
Facts and practical information
The Timbavati Private Nature Reserve is located at the border line between Hoedspruit and Acornhoek, north of the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve on the western edge of Kruger National Park. Geographically and politically, Timbavati is located in Mpumalanga Province. In Xitsonga, the name 'Timbavati' means "the place where something sacred came down to Earth from the Heavens", and refers to the rare white lions of Timbavati. ()
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Wildlife
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Lion
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Cheetah
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Black rhinoceros
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Southeast African cheetah
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Spotted Hyaena
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