Which parks and reserves are best for the Wild Pear in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Wild Pear at stays in or beside Kruger National Park. 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.

Where can you see the Wild Pear in South Africa?

The Wild Pear is most recorded in Gauteng (46% of records), Limpopo (20% of records), North West (16% of records), based on 2 766 iNaturalist observations. 9 places to stay on Spekboom have recorded the Wild Pear on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Wild Pear?

The Wild Pear is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, the best seasons they give are Kruger National Park (Apr-Sep); in the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Wild Pear in South Africa?: Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Wild Pear at stays in or beside Kruger National Park. 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.
Where can you see the Wild Pear in South Africa?: The Wild Pear is most recorded in Gauteng (46% of records), Limpopo (20% of records), North West (16% of records), based on 2 766 iNaturalist observations. 9 places to stay on Spekboom have recorded the Wild Pear on site or nearby.
When is the best time to see the Wild Pear?: The Wild Pear is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, the best seasons they give are Kruger National Park (Apr-Sep); in the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
What is the Wild Pear?: Dombeya rotundifolia , Dikbas or "South African wild pear" (it is not related to pear trees), is a small deciduous tree with dark grey to blackish deeply fissured bark, found in Southern Africa and northwards to central and eastern tropical Africa. Formerly placed in the Sterculiaceae, that artificial group has now been abandoned by most authors and the plants are part of an enlarged Malvaceae.

Trees & flora

Wild Pear

Dombeya rotundifolia

Dombeya rotundifolia , Dikbas or "South African wild pear" (it is not related to pear trees), is a small deciduous tree with dark grey to blackish deeply fissured bark, found in Southern Africa and northwards to central and eastern tropical Africa.

from Wikipedia

Trees & flora

Wild Pear

Dombeya rotundifolia

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Showing stays where you can spotWild Pear7 stays list it on site or nearby

Species insights▾

When to visit

Here year-round

Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.

Best monthsAny month

Records2,766 records

Curve from 2,766 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.

Wild Pear

Wild Pear

Parks where hosts record the Wild Pear

Places to stay

Hutwini Walking Camp by RETURN Africa

Berg-en-Dal Rest Camp

Malelane Satellite Camp

Vernon Crookes

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park – Mpila Camp

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park – Hilltop Camp

Ithala (Ntshondwe)

Babylonstoren

Tanda Tula Safari Camp

Rhino Ridge Safari Lodge

Thonga Beach Lodge

La Clé Lodge & Villas

Coot Club

Ubuntu Lodge at Elephant Point

Vergenoegd Löw Boutique Hotel & Spa

Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse

Maninghi Lodge

Rhino Sands Safari Camp

Franschhoek Country House & Villas

Tintswalo at Boulders

Singita Castleton

Singita Lebombo Lodge

Singita Sweni Lodge

Singita Boulders Lodge