[3] This reserve also includes the neighboring Makgabeng Plateau, the Soutpansberg, the northern part of the Kruger National Park, the Makuleke Wetlands and the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape.

The Blouberg is topped by massive rocky outcrops resembling castles or fortifications with sheer walls.

Although these two ranges are clearly destinguishable from a geographical point of view, geologically the Blouberg forms part of the Soutpansberg.

Many villages experience high unemployment rates, severe poverty or low levels of income despite the area's natural resources.

[8] The Blouberg, like its larger neighbor further east, the Soutpansberg, is known for a high level of endemism of its invertebrate fauna, such as the Swanepoel's widow butterfly that is found on the southern slopes of the range.