The 30th anniversary celebration of Mabula Game Reserve in Limpopo has shone a light on remarkable landscape restoration, job creation and economic upliftment due to intensive conservation efforts and continuous development of a diverse tourism product mix.
Revolving around the iconic Mabula Game Lodge – established in 1984 – the 12 000 hectare reserve in the Waterberg has been fully restored from empty farmland to a thriving Big Five bushveld habitat. Supported by tourism revenue, milestone projects have included the reintroduction of endangered species such as cheetah, black rhino and African wild dog.
“Reintroducing and re-establishing the areas these species used to occupy is such a wonderful success story – not only in…















