Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve is an 18,000 ha reserve situated to the south west of Harrismith, Free State, South Africa. The reserve is close to the Drakensberg Mountain nature reserve. The reserve offers campsites, hiking trails and a large variety of fauna and flora.

• Oribi
• Mountain reedbuck
• Grey rhebuck

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  African fish eagle
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  Bearded vulture
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  Martial eagle
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  Cape vulture
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  Verreaux's eagle
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  Black eagle

• Yellowwood
• Wild peach
• Koko tree
• Silky bark

• Wild myrtle
• Redwood rooihout (not to be confused with the redwood tree)
• Ouhout
• Bush guarri
• Highveld protea
• Silver sugarbush
• Tree fern

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  A campsite with chalets at the water's edge of the Sterkfontein Dam reservoir within the reserve. Note the dry conditions (conducive to bush fires) in the wintertime.
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  Camping area at the water's edge.
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  An early morning view of the Sterkfontein Dam reservoir and surroundings from the campsite in the nature reserve.
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  A view of the camping area by the shores of the reservoir in the Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve

This park will be included into the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area, Peace Park.

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