Waar u de Blesbok in Zuid-Afrika ziet

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Blesbok at stays in or beside Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Welgevonden Game Reserve, Camdeboo National Park, Kamberg Nature Reserve, Madikwe Game Reserve and uKhahlamba-Drakensberg 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 Blesbok is most recorded in Gauteng (32% of records), Eastern Cape (21% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), based on 1,691 iNaturalist observations. 15 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Blesbok on site or nearby.

The Blesbok 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. Golden Gate Highlands National Park: Mar-May, Aug-Oct; Welgevonden Game Reserve: May-Sep, dry season; Camdeboo National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Kamberg Nature Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The blesbok or blesbuck (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) is an antelope endemic to South Africa. It has a distinctive white face and forehead which inspired the name, because bles is the Afrikaans word for a blaze such as one might see on the forehead of a horse.