Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve, Nature reserve in southern Johannesburg, South Africa

Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve south of Johannesburg, made up of rolling grasslands, valleys, and rocky ridges. Several hiking trails cross the terrain, and the reserve shelters animals such as zebras, black wildebeest, and red hartebeest.

Sotho-Tswana communities settled in this area from around the 1400s and later moved north toward what is now Botswana around 1800. Archaeological finds point to human presence going back roughly 250,000 years, long before those more recent settlements were established.

The reserve takes its name from the farm Klipriviersberg, though its land was assembled from parts of the farms Rietvlei, Olifantsvlei and possibly Eikenhof, southwest of that ridge and south of Turffontein. Visitors can still see the ruins of Sarel Marais's farmhouse, his wagon shelter and the family cemetery, reminders of the Voortrekker who bought land here around 1850.

The reserve has two main entrances, and starting your walk early in the morning helps you avoid the heat of the day, especially in summer. Some trails can be hard to follow, so bringing a printed map or a downloaded guide before you arrive is a good idea.

The reserve holds 215 recorded bird species, alongside roughly 240 large mammals such as black wildebeest, blesbok, springbok, red hartebeest and zebra. Between 650 and 700 plant species have been noted, including over 340 wild flowers, 67 trees and shrubs and 70 grasses. The fenced reserve opens daily from dawn to dusk.