Vaalbos National Park The Vaalbos National Park is an extraordinary area along the Vaal River where wildlife such as roan antelope, black rhino, white rhino, buffalo, eland, red hartebeest and tsessebe are to be seen in the former heart of the alluvial diamond diggings near Kimberley. A tourist route, built with material from the diamond diggings using local labour, winds through the park, exposing visitors to all facets of its three different ecosystems as they merge together as one. The name Vaalbos originates from the vaalbos (camphor bush), a prominent plant species in the park.
5 Things to seek
Camphor Bush (Vaalbos)
White Rhino
Black Rhino
Tsessebe
Cape Buffalo
Roan Antelope
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Vaalbos currently houses the largest population of Roan antelope in SA?
Graspan, a part of Vaalbos, is the only breeding station for rare and valuable species in SANParks? Vaalbos is situated in the area where the best quality alluvial diamonds were discovered during the 1800s?
tsessebe are to be seen in the former heart of the alluvial diamond diggings near Kimberley. A tourist route, built with material from the diamond diggings using local labour, winds through the park, exposing visitors to all facets of its three different ecosystems as they merge together as one. The name Vaalbos originates from the vaalbos (camphor bush), a prominent plant species in the park.
5 Things to seek
during the 1800s?