The Zululand Rhino Reserve was established on 1st July 2004. The Reserve consists of 15 landowners which have removed their internal fences in order to create a 20 000 hectare endangered species reserve and in particular to actively promote the conservation of Black Rhino. The reserve lies within the Msunduze valley in north-western Zululand in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.

The Reserve was chosen as the 2nd release site for Black Rhino and on the 13th of October 2005 21 Black Rhino were released into their new home.

Black rhino, which used to be the most numerous rhino species in the world, became critically endangered following a catastrophic poaching wave in the 1970s which wiped out 96% of Africa’s wild black rhino population in just 20 years. At the lowest point, there were just 2500 black rhino left. Thanks to intensive protection efforts by organisations like Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, that number has gradually increased to around 3600.