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The Ntshingwayo Dam on the Ngagane River has created a beautiful sanctuary for a large number of waterfowl. including Egyptian geese, flamingos, and assorted ducks, and a wonderful playground for power boating, anglers, and other water sport enthusiasts. Beneath the waters anglers can expect to nab the usual suspects - carp mudfish, and bass.
The surrounding grasslands and acacia veld are the playground of several large game, including rhino, wildebeest, hartebeest, springbok, and blesbok.
The dam has a prolific birdlife, including flamingoes, grass owl, blue korhaan, great crested grebe, knob-billed duck, spike-heeled lark , pink-billed lark, and both white-bellied and black-bellied korhaan.
ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES AT CHELMSFORD NATURE RESERVE:
- game viewing
- power boating
- angling
- bird watching
SUMMARY OF WILDLIFE & FLORA:
Birdlife: over 200 species of birds recorded, including, geese, duck, flamingos, larks, korhaan, owls
Fish: carp, mudfish, bass
DIRECTIONS TO CHELMSFORD NATURE RESERVE:
- 30 km south of Newcastle just off the N11
Accommodation Near Chelmsford Nature Reserve:
Newcastle Accommodation
Nearby Towns:Newcastle, Biggarsberg, Dundee, Memel, Rorke's Drift, Elandslaagte, Nambiti Private Game Reserve, Verkykerskop, Ladysmith, Volksrust, Van Reenen, Wakkerstroom, Swinburne, Geluksburg, Harrismith Nearby Points Of Interest:Ncandu State Forest Nature Reserve, Birding Near Newcastle, Newcastle Town Hall, Newcastle Armoury, Fort Amiel, Carnegie Art Gallery, O'Neils Cottage in Newcastle, Boschberg Nature Reserve, Talana Museum, Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve, Battle of Elandslaagte, The Utrech Balele Community Game Park, Battle of Majuba Hill, Battle of Blood River, Ladysmith Siege Museum |
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