Marloth Park
Marloth Park is a private nature reserve and a holiday park in South Africa. In this nature reserve, there are many lodges, hotels, guest houses and private homes - all embedded in the deep African bush. Marloth Park is a popular tourist destination for wildlife lovers, as very close encounters with Africa's wildlife are possible. The still-intact ecosystem is home to a remarkable diversity of native species.
Name
Rudolf Marloth was a famous botanist of South Africa. A native of Germany Marloth was born in 1855 in Lubben. Trained as a chemist, he emigrated to South Africa in 1881 and a pharmacy resulted in Kimberley. With passion, he dealt with the natural sciences, especially botany, and he taught at Victoria College ( at the University later ) Stellenbosch. He wrote several acclaimed botanical books and died in 1931 in South Africa. According to him, a fairly common plant was named: the Aloe marlothii. It is located in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu -Natal, Swaziland and Botswana. It can be up to 9 feet high. In Marloth Park is widespread.
Origins
1977 " Marloth Park Holiday Township " was officially proclaimed. Previously existed at this point a "Crocodile River Holiday Township and Nature Reserve". The land was formerly owned by just a few farmers who made their homes travelers passing through the night are available. Marloth Park area was intended as a " stop-over ": Before the civil war in Mozambique (1977-1992) was then the capital of Lourenço Marques (today Maputo ) is a very popular destination for South African tourists. They came from the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria on the N4, were the evening but often too late to cross the border between South Africa and Mozambique still, since it was closed from 22 clock. For these tourists, the area offered in Marloth Park for the night. Lourenço Marques, the former Portuguese African city on the Indian Ocean, took the South Africans because of their sophisticated atmosphere, the great and famous hotels and restaurants with their culinary specialties ( fish) and many opportunities of amusement to.
Marloth Park is a unique project. It was opened as a Holiday Township in 1972. A large part of the park remained nature. There are no fences within the park. The gardens have remained in their original state. Marloth Park is separated by a fence and the Crocodile River from the Kruger Park. Within the park there are giraffes, wildebeest, kudu, zebra, impala, bushbuck, warthogs, baboons, vervet monkeys and other small game and a variety of bird species. Meanwhile, the infrastructure of the nature park is very well developed.
Location
Marloth Park is situated in the province of Mpumalanga, South Africa, 450 km east of Johannesburg, 110 kilometers west of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, 15 km from Komatipoort, the frontier town to Mozambique. Marloth Park is accessible by car from Johannesburg on the N4 in 4-5 hours, from KMIA ( Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport in Nelspruit ) in just over an hour. Height: about 200m above sea level. Coordinates: 25 ° 21'35 " 31 ° 48'36 South. " East.
Marloth Park is part of the " Greater Kruger Park" and is located on the southern edge of the Kruger National Park.
Climate
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Paradise in the African bush
In 3000 hectare holiday park you can move freely. It is not limited to a hotel resort. It can be done cycling tours through the African bush, you can walk along the Crocodile River and observe African wildlife. The local restaurants and shops are easily accessible. The unique feature of this vacation paradise is the possibility of close encounters with African wildlife, which can move freely in the park.
Giraffes look from Lionspruit - area over the fence in Marloth Park
Antelopes around the house
Wild wildebeest and zebras come with their boys to the house
Observation of elephants in the Crocodile River. Look over the fence from Marloth Park