| Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
 Terrain of Nkhotakota, 2011 | |
  Location of the reserve within Malawi | |
| Location | Malawi |
| Nearest town | Nkhotakota |
| Coordinates | 12°S 34°E / 12°S 34°E |
| Area | 1,800 km2 (690 sq mi) |
Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve (also known as Nkhotakota Game Reserve or Nkhotakota Wildlife Preserve),[1][2][3] is the largest and oldest wildlife reserve in Malawi,[4] 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. Poaching has greatly reduced the number of elephants and other large mammals in Nkhotakota, but conservation efforts to restore the elephant population started when African Parks began managing the reserve in 2015.
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