Croc River Mountain Conservancy

Our partnership initiative between approximately 30 landowners in a 25,000ha area is dedicated to ensuring proper environmental management and governance.
Situated approximately 20kms east of Nelspruit, our area boasts abundant indigenous wildlife, a wealth of biodiversity, natural splendours, and a range of tourism attractions.

We offer a wide diversity of landscapes, habitats, and land uses, including rural, agricultural, cattle and game farming, residential, tourism, and forestry. Our area is rich in historical significance and relevance and is known as one of the prime Pioneers of the Lowveld territories. In addition, our area has fascinating archaeology, with stone tool workshops, rock paintings, and spear sharpening sites.

Our environmental activities include the operation of anti-poaching boom gates, alien plant removal and control, anti-poaching patrols, removal of litter in riverbeds and road verges, fire management and control, and landowner education regarding conservation issues and applicable legislation.

We work closely with various educational institutions, including the University of the Witwatersrand, the Organisation of Tropical Studies, and the University of Pretoria.

Other environmental initiatives that take place in the area include the Crowned Eagle study, the re-introduction of the Oxpeckers project and the rehabilitation of wildlife by other organizations/bodies.

A secondary objective of the Conservancy is to develop this area into a tourism destination, aimed at attracting both residential and day visitors who enjoy the ambience, serenity, scenery and wealth of fauna and flora that this area offers.