Mountain Zebra National Park - Best View in the Karoo
Episode 23: For me, Mountain Zebra National Park in the Eastern Cape province is a very special place. Heck, the entire of the Eastern Cape province is a special place for me, but that can be the subject of a different article!
Mountain Zebra NP is situated on high ground close to Cradock. The entire park has very mountainous terrain and reminded me of Ithala Game Reserve in the interior of KwaZulu-Natal for that reason.
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Mountain Zebra National Park wins Best Performing Park
One of SAN Parks outstanding contributors is the Mountain Zebra National Park just outside Cradock in the Eastern Cape. For the second consecutive year the park has walked away with the Best Performing Park for the frontier region. In 2014 in the same category it also won the national event so it currently boasts the title of top park within SANParks. Janine Lee visited the park to see what makes it so special...
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Lions return to Mountain Zebra National Park
The Mountain Zebra National Park, in the Eastern Cape's enchanting landscape, was established in 1937 to preserve the last 17 remaining mountain zebra on earth. With support from 50|50 and the David Shepard Foundation, amongst others, the park has increased in size and so has the zebra population which is now at 800 individuals! Cheetahs were re-introduced to the park in 2007 and brown hyena a year later. Now it is time for the lions! We follow the historic re-introduction of three lions into the park which will hopefully restore a natural balance between predator and prey. How will the cheetahs (of which there are only 5) cope with the threat of the lions? Will the precious mountain zebras become a favourite prey for the new lions?
Mountain Zebra National Park - South Africa - Feb 2018
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Mountain Zebra National Park Cradock South Africa
Mountain Zebra National Park Cradock South Africa
Mountain Zebra National Park: Africa Game Viewing with Lions, Rhino & More African Big 5 Wildlife
Road Trip to the Mountain Zebra National Park in the Eastern Cape - with awesome game viewing. We saw a whole pride of 14 Lions, with mother, cubs and all ages, as well as a huge male Lion. Also saw a Rhino mother and child, Buffalo, Zebra, Antelope and other African wildlife.
The park is in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, around 10Km from the town of Cradock. It was proclaimed in 1937 to protect the endangered Cape Mountain Zebra, which was down to only 6 animals at that time. Today it's a place where one can experience a true African wilderness safari and see 4 of Africa's Big 5 (no Elephants).
I can highly recommend the park, there is excellent accommodation and a restaurant provided by South Africa National Parks (SAN Parks), check their website to book online:
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Aardwolf in the Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa
The rare Aardwolf seen in the Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock, South Africa (July 2011).
E Cape's Mountain Zebra National Park gets new cheetah
A new female cheetah has been released into the Mountain Zebra National Park outside Cradock in the Eastern Cape. The four year old female comes from a private game reserve in Gauteng. The aim is to introduce new genes into the park...
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Mountain Zebra National Park celebrateS 80th anniversary
South African National Parks are celebrating the 80th birthday of one of its 19 picturesque parks this month. There was much celebration at the Mountain Zebra National Park, in the Eastern Cape Province this week. Rene Del Carme now reports.
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Experience the beauty and diversity of South African National Parks.
National parks offer visitors an unparalleled diversity of adventure tourism opportunities including game viewing, bush walks, canoeing and exposure to cultural and historical experiences. Conferences can also be organised in many of the parks.
The national parks are: Groenkloof, Kruger, Table Mountain, Marakele, Golden Gate, Camdeboo, Mountain Zebra, Addo Elephant, Garden Route National Park (Tsitsikamma, Knysna, & Wilderness), Bontebok, Agulhas, West Coast, Karoo, Namaqua, |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld, Augrabies, Kgalagadi, Mapungubwe, Tankwa Karoo and Mokala.
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Spervuur Cape Mountain Zebra
A rather special group of zebra dazzle us with a conservation success story. But these mountain loving equids are not out of the woods yet. We head to the craggy floral kingdom of the Cape to find out how South Africa’s rarest zebra species is trotting steadily back from a precarious position. But there are still complicated genetic hurdles to overcome.
Mountain Zebra National Park
Mountain Zebra National Park is a national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
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Addo Elephant & Mountain Zebra National Park • Expedition truck • World tour
Our journey through the southern part of Africa was really influenced by a lot of wildlife viewing. The Addo National Park is a home to a special breed of small African elephants, what we want to see absolutely. All zebras, we observed to date, were Plains Zebras. In the Mountain Zebra National Park, we were finally able to visit the rare Mountain Zebras on a safari.
Hartmann`s Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae)
I took this video in a small private Nature Reserve in South Africa.
Description: A white with black striped zebra, the legs being striped to the hooves; underparts are white. No shadow stripes and over the top rump above the tail there is a series of transverse black stripes forming a grid-iron pattern characteristic of the species. Tip of muzzle is black with orange-brown hair extending a short way towards eyes. An erect mane runs from the top of the head to the shoulders. A dewlap is present on the throat; this feature is diagnostic of the species and does not occur in other zebras.
Hartmann's mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) is a subspecies of the mountain zebra found in far south-western Angola and western Namibia. Hartmann's mountain zebras prefer to live in small groups of 7-12 individuals. They are agile climbers and are able to live in arid conditions and steep mountainous country.
Breeding herds consist of an adult stallion with mares and their foals and usually number 4 or 5 but occasionally more. In the dry season, however, they may congregate in loose associations of up to 40. Non-harem holding stallions form bachelor groups, which may include young mares and weaned foals of both sexes. Stallions do not defend territories, but keep other stallions away from mares, although submissive males are tolerated.
Reproduction: A single foal (about 25kg) is born after gestation of about 360 days.
Longevity: Up to at least 24 years in the wild; one captive up to 28 years 9 months, most to 26 years.
Cape Mountain Zebra
Stripes are back in fashion as the endangered Cape Mountain zebra is making a come-back from a population of under 100 individuals, thanks to national parks and private land owners. The problem now arises – where do we put them? In celebration of International Mountain Day, we meet up with the team that is galloping ahead with the protection of this magnificent mountain dwelling species, plucking them from the brink of extinction.
A&A Adventures Mountain Zebra
An A&A Adventures tour to the Mountain Zebra National Park in Cradock, South Africa
Cheetah eating a Springbok in the Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa
After tracking this female cheetah on foot via her radio signal, we came across her eating a freshly killed springbok just 10 metres away from where we stood. The device on her neck is the radio collar. If you turn the sound up, you can hear her eating. 'White Eyes' is a big male cheetah shown on one of my other uploaded videos. The Mountain Zebra National Park offers cheetah tracking via the cheetahs' radio collars. I definitely recommend this! Footage from July 2011.
Tuishuise Cradock - South Africa Travel Channel 24
Die Tuishuise in Cradock is an elegant collection of beautifully restored Victorian era craftsmen's houses in Craddock, the frontier town at the eastern edge of the Great Karoo of South Africa. More than two dozen Tuishuise line Market Street up to the Victoria Manor, a grand old colonial hotel that welcomes you with hearty country fare and décor from the days of Cecil John Rhodes, Olive Schreiner and the droves of adventurers who passed here en route to the hinterland. Modern day over-landers crossing South Africa on holiday and business groups looking for inspiration stay at Die Tuishuise, where they are received like old friends and treated like gentry.
Mountain Zebra National Park South Africa
Along South Africas Garden Route, this park is home to the rare cape mountain zebra and the Big Five. See more at: