Khutse Game Reserve

Khutse Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Khutse Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Khutse Game Reserve
LocationBotswana
Coordinates23°29′S 24°11′E / 23.49°S 24.19°E / -23.49; 24.19
Area2,500 km2 (970 sq mi)[2]
Established1971
Governing bodyDepartment of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana

Khutse Game Reserve is a game reserve in Botswana.[1]

Overview

The name Khutse means "where one kneels to drink" in Sekwena (the local dialect of Setswana).[3] Because of its proximity, and relative accessibility, to the nation's capital, Khutse game Reserve is a common favorite for Gaborone visitors or residents. The 240 km drive takes the traveller through a number of interesting Kalahari villages, including the ‘gateway to the Kalahari,’ Molepolole.[4]

Geography

Adjoining the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to the north, and with no fences separating the two, the terrain of the 2 500 km2 reserve combines most types of Kalahari habitat – rolling grasslands, river beds, fossil dunes and grassed and bare pans.[5]

Flora and fauna

Animals commonly sighted include springbok (often in abundance), gemsbok (often common), South African giraffe, wildebeest, hartebeest, kudu, black-backed jackal, steenbok, duiker, and the accompanying predators lion, African leopard, South African cheetah, wildcat, and the endangered brown hyena.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Protected Planet (2018). "Khutse Game Reserve". United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
  2. ^ "Khutse Game Reserve". Wild Safari Guide. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Khutse journal" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Khutse Game Reserve | Botswana Tourism Organisation". www.botswanatourism.co.bw. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Khutse game reserve". Sa campsites.
  6. ^ Botswana Statistics https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Wildlife_Statistics_Publication%281%29.pdf