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~lustedtowander~
US
Visited:
August 2010
Reviewed: Jan 24, 2012
35-50 years of age
The best kept secret amongst South Africa's national parks.
It is a good place to see the Mountain Zebra and other antelopes. No big game but very pleasant
Goodstuff
Visited:
August 2007
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2012
Nature lover
ZA
Visited:
December 2010
Reviewed: Apr 29, 2012
50-65 years of age
Mountain Zebra park is a unique Karoo biome and utterly spectacular scenery and wildlife
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more comfortable. All in all a must do for a night or two to truly appreciate the magnificent Karoo.
M_Fdez
ES
Visited:
October 2006
Reviewed: May 8, 2012
Email M_Fdez | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice, but not superb, experience for an European
As a biologist, I enjoyed African Nature in many diverse places in South Africa; also in Mountain Zebra National Park, of course. Landscapes are beautiful, not very different to African savanna, I think. There were very few tourists when I visited the Park, so it was a good moment to relax and enjoying driving through it.
Apart from this, I have to say that mammals diversity was not too high, so we had to drive a long way to see "big" animals (gazelles and zebras, most of them). I can imagine that the most of urban citizens, unused to Nature, prefer to find wilder animals like rhinos, lions, cheetahs,... and that could be the reason why we saw so few tourists there.
My final impression was that Mountain Zebra is a good park, sure, but it shouldn'be a priority for visitors
mimtea
AU
Visited:
August 2010
Reviewed: Jun 28, 2012
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Spectacularly wild
Getting to Mountain Zebra National Park by car gives you the impression of so many types of ecosystems in this one small area. Rising up to the plateau, being pursued by baboons coming out of rocky outcrops, the sudden sharp blue enormous sky against steely coloured grasses which hides leopards and zebras, all so beautiful!
A. J
Visited:
July 2012
Reviewed: Sep 9, 2012
Lots of mountain zebras, the landscape is beautiful and the restaurant provides good food.
Narina Exelby
ZA
Visited:
June 2006
Reviewed: Dec 28, 2012
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A quiet park with lovely scenery
(Burchell’s is the most common zebra in southern Africa. The Cape mountain zebra is smaller than its common cousin, and has bigger ears. Its stripes are bolder than the Burchell’s, and its belly is white. There are no shadows on the stripes, as with the Burchell’s.)
Mountain Zebra National Park is also home to cheetah (which I didn’t see) and a lot of plains game: hartebeest, buffalo and black rhino, springbok and blesbok. When I visited, there were only two roads you could drive on – both one-ways, which take you along the beautiful open plains of sweet grass that stretch off into the distant hills. There are, however, a few 4x4 trails, and some walking trails too.
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night skies out here on the edge of the Karoo are exceptionally clear, so take a star-gazing reference book or download a night skies app, and take your safari into another dimension. There is an overwhelming sense of tranquillity in Mountain Zebra National Park, and while game-viewing doesn’t compare with many of South Africa’s other parks, it is a wonderful place to put your feet up, take out a good book and soak up life in the lovely Karoo.
caigenberger
Visited:
November 2014
Reviewed: May 8, 2015