page_title: Maria Moroka Nature Reserve
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Maria Moroka Nature Reserve / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: Thaba Nchu Rural, Thaba Nchu, 9780, South Africa
context_page_description: Maria Moroka National Park is named after Dr Maria Moroka, an anti-Apartheid activist. The national park is near Thaba Nchu in the Mangaung District of the Free State Province, South Africa. The park perimeter surrounds the Montloatse Setlogelo Dam which is a popular angling area. The Thaba Nchu mountain range is to the north of the national park, and is considered the spiritual homeland of the Basotho people.
context_section_description: The animals found in the reserve include several species of mammals such as Burchell's zebra, black wildebeest, eland, springbok, blesbok, red hartebeest,jackals,vultures and the white rhino. There are also more than 100 different bird species including many water fowl species which frequent the Montloatse Setlogelo Dam. The blue crane also frequents the reserve.
caption: The Thaba Nchu environment
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