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Game Reserves

There are few better places to be at one with nature than in South Africa. Home to the 'Big Five', a visit to any one of our many game lodges will ensure that you will see Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Leopard and Buffalo. Bird lovers, don't despair! South African Game Reserves are teeming with endless varieties of birds. From the lightning fast falcon, to the dainty double breasted roller, fans of our flying friends will not be disappointed. Enjoy a game drive and see nature's beasts of the field in their natural habitat. The more adventurous visitors can even take part in a game viewing trip on horseback.

A horseback game view enables you to get really close, sometimes within arms length, of natures most amazing animals. No visit to South Africa is complete without a trip to one of our breathtaking and awe-inspiring game reserves. Make sure you include one of the parks below on your South African Game Reserve adventure.

Shamwari Game Reserve

Shamwari is situated an easy 75 km from the city centre of Port Elizabeth. Experience this big game reserve adventure in a malaria free area, in open Land Rovers with your personal game ranger. Shamwari is home to free-roaming lion, cheetah, hyena, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, hippo, zebra and numerous species of antelope. It also offers a sanctuary on African soil to captive lions rescued from appalling conditions by the Born Free Foundation. This award winning and internationally renowned private game reserve offers the discerning traveler the ultimate African adventure. Shamwari offer luxurious yet affordable accommodation.

Kwantu Private Game Reserve

Kwantu Private Game Reserve is located on the legendary Sidbury Plains along the banks of the Bushman's river - a mere hour's drive from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Kwantu is home to 5 biomes, and is a malaria free game reserve that features luxurious appointed lodges, that accommodates guests in utmost comfort and style with mouthwatering cuisine and leisure. Kwantu is home to free-roaming rare white rhino, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant as well as the many species of antelope and over 200 bird species.

Sabi Sands

The Sabie Sands area is where the first private game reserve lodges were established, and still offers some of the finest game-viewing experiences. It is also about the most crowded area, in terms of lodges per square kilometer. Leopard sightings, usually the most elusive of the Big Five animals, are most often achieved here, with some lodges managing a sighting five nights out of seven, and this is the place to be seeing these magnificent animals is your primary goal. The Sabi Sands area is reached in four hours by road from Johannesburg or Pretoria. The Sabi Sands area boast a number of up market game lodges such as Londolozi, Mala Mala, Sabi Sabi, Leopard Hills and Ulusaba.

Addo Elephant Park

Addo Elephant Park is an elephant sanctuary that offers many elephant walking trails and assures that you'll to take many great elephant pictures on your expedition. Many baby elephants and adult African elephants can also be seen on these walking trails.

Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park is arguably the emblem of South African tourism; the place that delivers best what most visitors to Africa want to see - scores of Elephants, Lions and a cast of thousands of other game roaming the savannah. A narrow strip of land hugging the Mozambique border, Kruger stretches across Northern Province and Mpumalanga, an astonishing 414-kilo-meter drive from Pafuri Gate in the north to Malelane Gate in the south, all of it along tar, with many well-kept gravel roads looping off to provide routes for game drives. Kruger comes pretty close to fulfilling Out of Africa fantasies in the private game reserves on its western flank - where you'll get luxury accommodation and food, but more importantly (especially if this is your first safari), qualified rangers show you the game and the bush with only a tiny group of other guests.

Kariega

A Kariega day starts with a 2-hour game drive in an open vehicle viewing the abundant bird life and more than 20 species of game, including giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, eland, gemsbok, wildebeest and nyala. Lunch is served in the Day Centre before we set off on a 1 hour 30 minutes cruise on the tranquil Kariega River, where malaria free sightings of African fish eagles, Knysna loeries, a variety of colorful kingfishers and waterfowl are regular highlights. One of the features of Kariega Game Reserve, is its many walking trails which take the visitor into close contact with game. Kariega offers spacious and secluded luxurious log chalets all en-suit with private decks, spectacular views and intimate contact with nature. And also an award-winning restaurant and pub offering superb cuisine.

Mala Mala

Mala Mala is a prime wildlife destination, and is part of the Sabie Sands Game Reserve. Mala Mala will provide you with an unforgettable safari. There is a choice of three lodges: Mala Mala Main Camp, Kirkman's Camp or Harry's Camp. Mala Mala is the ideal location for wildlife photography, and if your aim is to tick off your "big five" list, Mala Mala is one of the ultimate safari locations in South Africa. If you're looking to relax either than to wonder around between the wild, Mala Mala Game Reserve offers great amenities such as swimming pools, tennis, horse riding and bird watching.

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