De Berg Nature Reserve is South Africa’s 30th Ramsar Site

De Berg Nature Reserve has joined the list of South Africa’s wetlands of international importance.

De Berg Nature Reserve is located along the headwaters of the Dwars River in the highest part of Mpumalanga about 20 km north of the town of Dullstroom. Lying adjacent to the Verloren Valei Ramsar Site, it is South Africa’s 30th Ramsar site under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.

At an elevation of just over 2300 metres above sea level, the Ramsar site contains the highest altitude wetlands in Mpumalanga. It consists of numerous valley bottom, seep wetlands and mountain streams and represents some of the most pristine and habitat diverse watercourses in the South African grassland biome.