Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve
Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, is the largest and oldest wildlife reserve in Malawi, near Nkhotakota. The park's hilly terrain features dambos and miombo woodlands as the dominant vegetation, which support a variety of mammal and bird species.Photo: Geoff Gallice, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: wildlife reserve in Central Region, Malawi
- Also known as: “Kota Kota Game Reserve”, “Nkhota Kota Game Reserve”, and “Nkhotakota Game Reserve”
Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve
- Categories: game reserve and recreation area
- Location: Nkhotakota District, Central Malawi, Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-12.87008° or 12° 52′ 12″ southLongitude
34.01366° or 34° 0′ 49″ eastElevation
754 metres (2,474 feet)Operator
African Parks NetworkOpen location code
5GVP42H7+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 28910776OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
924702Wikidata ID
Q11302185
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Satellite Map
Discover Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Nkhotakota-wildtuin”
- Balinese: “Suaka Margasatwa Nkhotakota”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Nkhotakota”
- Japanese: “コタコタ動物保護区”
- Russian: “Заповедник дикой природы «Нкота-Кота»”
- Russian: “Нкота-Кота (заповедник)”
- Russian: “Нкота-Кота”
- Russian: “Охотничий заповедник «Нкота-Кота»”
- Urdu: “اینکھوٹاکوٹہ جنگلی حیات کا محفوظ علاقہ”
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