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About Amalinda Nature Reserve
Amalinda Nature Reserve was established in 1968 and surrounds the large Amalinda reservoir and a few small streams. The reserve is only nine kilometres from the East London city centre and covers an area of 134 ha. The reserve consists of a massive coastal forest, thornveld, and scattered clumps of shrubs.
There is a large variety of wildlife to be seen, such as eland, blesbok, zebra, bush buck, duiker, vervet monkeys, mongoose and Cape clawless otter. The reserve is a popular birding sanctuary and there are more than 175 bird species for bird watchers to spot, including red-billed duck, reed cormorant, African darter, African pipit, and wailing cisticola.
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Accommodation near Amalinda Nature Reserve
Santa Paloma Guest Farm
Sleeps 33 in 10 rooms
A sense of peace subdues visitors when they view the 360-degree panorama of the Santa Paloma Valley and its green hilltops. Our roaming...
R650
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John Bailie Guest Lodge
Sleeps 22 in 8 rooms
John Bailie guest lodge is under new management. With a lot of improvements on the facilitiesVery comfortable and spacious bedrooms with...
R800
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Sugar Shack
Sleeps 33 in 9 rooms
Sugar Shack is spectacularly situated on a sandy dune in Eastern Beach, so close one can literally step into the cool damp sand of the...
R300
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Amalinda Nature Reserve Map
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Amalinda Nature Reserve is 6.2km from the centre of East London
, the nearest airport 7.6km (East London Airport).
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and not necessarily the actual travelling
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and not necessarily the actual travelling
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