Waar om die Impala in Suid-Afrika te sien

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Impala at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Gondwana Game Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Phinda Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Impala is most recorded in Mpumalanga (36% of records), Limpopo (23% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (20% of records), based on 7,391 iNaturalist observations. 69 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Impala on site or nearby.

The Impala is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Sabi Sand Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep optimal; Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The impala is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The sole member of the genus Aepyceros, it was first described to European audiences by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1812. Two subspecies are recognised-the common impala, and the larger and darker black-faced impala.