Buffelskloof has always welcomed visiting scientists who are welcome to stay as long as they need to with only a nominal charge made for accommodation. Staff are available to guide them to the many sites of exceptional interest within a few hours’ drive (which includes the Kruger National Park and the Highveld Escarpment). It is also a day’s drive to the wetlands of Maputaland and St Lucia, Zululand.
There is nearly always some intrepid researcher from as far away as China or the USA, often fresh from remote corners of the tropics. The picture shown is of a party of senior US lichenologists who discovered a new species within hours of their arrival at Buffelskloof.
In addition, two scientists from the Czech Republic recently discovered a species of fungus new to science in the Reserve.