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Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com
ZA
Visited:
December 2010
Reviewed: May 25, 2015
Email Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A place with a vast memory
Mountain Zebra National Park is one of those places that leave a lingering memory of beauty. Amazing sunrise and sunset landscapes and the first place I ever saw the Aardwolf. A must for anyone planning to stay over for a few days.
Bird Brian
GB
Visited:
November 2014
Reviewed: May 12, 2015
Email Bird Brian | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
This is an enchanting, small park, with a wide variety of animals and birds, easily viewed by car.
As a spectacle, this is a peaceful park, perched in the beautiful mountain areas of the eastern Karoo. It has a unique beauty, which is not spoilt by humans, as the numbers of visitors are limited. There is a variety of accommodation types. The two bedroom chalet that we stayed in, near the main reception building, was comfortable and well equipped for self catering. There is a restaurant and small shop in the main reception
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area, which was well patronised when we were there. As we were self catering, we did not have the opportunity to sample the fare. We walked around a well maintained camping site, with a large ablution block, so campers are well catered for.The fenced camp is quite extensive, with two short, but enjoyable mountain side walks and a large swimming pool, which was well patronised when we were there.
All in all, a wonderful natural location for a peaceful 2 or 3 night break.
caigenberger
Visited:
November 2014
Reviewed: May 8, 2015
Great scenery, few tourists
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close then you can't get out of the car. They care very much for your security. Our guide was very good. Not only he showed us the cheetah he also told us a lot of interesting things about it and the other animals we saw during the driving part. All in all I can very much recommend the park with it's amazing scenery and especially the cheetah tour.
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.
A. J
Visited:
July 2012
Reviewed: Sep 9, 2012
Lots of mountain zebras, the landscape is beautiful and the restaurant provides good food.
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!
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
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.
Goodstuff
Visited:
August 2007
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2012
It is a good place to see the Mountain Zebra and other antelopes. No big game but very pleasant