Shamwari Game Reserve

Shamwari Game Reserve
Shamwari Game Reserve
	A herd of Impala grazing on Shamwari plains
	Location within Eastern Cape
Location	Near Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Coordinates	33°28′42″S 26°02′07″E / 33.47836°S 26.03519°E
Area	250 km2 (97 sq mi)
Established	1992; 32 years ago
Shamwari Game Reserve (South Africa) Shamwari Game Reserve (Eastern Cape)

Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has been returned to a more natural condition after many years of agricultural farming.

It is part of the Indalo Protected Environment.^[1]

Wildlife

Animals that roam around this game reserve include the Big five game, hippopotamus, South African giraffe, Cape mountain zebra, Southeast African cheetah, wildebeest and hyena.^[2]

Awards and honours

In 2005 the reserve was awarded the Global Nature Fund Award for Best Conservation Practice.

In popular culture

It was the subject of the 2018 Netflix reality TV series Shamwari Untamed.^[3]

The British TV series of Safari School was filmed here. The Animal Planet series titled "Shamwari: A wild life" was also filmed at the game reserve. The show highlighted what goes on behind the scenes at the reserve.

Partner organisations

The Born Free Foundation jointly funds a sanctuary at Shamwari that gives lifetime care to several lions and leopards that have been discovered in poor conditions in circuses or zoos around the world. They have two centres on the reserve, one in the north and one in the south.