Philip Herd Nature Reserve

The reserve is located east of the town of Musina on the Limpopo River which forms the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The reserve conserves a critically biodiverse area of Limpopo Ridge Bushveld and 1.5% of the Nzhelele River catchment (Quaternary A80G), which forms part of the Limpopo Water Management Area (WMA) established in terms of South Africa's National Water Act of 1998.

[7] Typical of Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, a veld type that occurs only in the northernmost extremes of Limpopo Province, between Mapungubwe Mountain in the Mapungubwe National Park in the east and the far northern reaches of the Kruger National Park in the west, the landscape is dominated by undulating, wooded hills.

Limpopo Ridge Bushveld occurs in the summer rainfall areas of southern Africa with very dry winters including the months of May to September.

Common mammalian species supported by the various habitats include Giraffe, Burchell's zebra, Blue wildebeest, Kudu, Impala, Waterbuck, Common eland, Gemsbok and other antelope species, including the endemic Nyala, as well as naturally occurring predators, such as leopard, African wild dog, hyena and Black-backed jackal.