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Posted on: Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Going Wild

Quatermain's Camp — A Special Experience

Quatermain's Camp

Quatermain's Camp

Now this is a stay with a dif­fer­ence. Whilst many estab­lish­ments might prom­ise a sim­ilar exper­i­ence to Quatermain's Camp, sel­dom is it that a venue, par­tic­u­larly game reserves where five star lux­ury has prac­tic­ally lost its allure it's so com­mon­place, really deliv­ers bey­ond expect­a­tion. But by all accounts, Quatermain's Camp in the Amakhala Game Reserve, just 45 minutes from Port Elizabeth yet in a part of the coun­try that is truly remote, does just that.

Riaan and Julie have wowed their vis­it­ors with a camp­site that man­ages to com­bine the sim­pli­city of a bygone era — 1920s authen­tic exped­i­tion style – with a true 'big 5' bush exper­i­ence in a nat­ural, unpre­ten­tious way that still man­ages to dish up the del­ic­acies and creature com­forts whilst remain­ing envel­oped by, and in awe of, the nat­ural world.

"Thank you both for a won­der­ful stay. It is mar­vel­lous to see people with a dream mak­ing it a real­ity. The camp design is fant­astic and the tents are great fun. We feel very lucky to have been able to have seen so much in such a short time — espe­cially the "romantic" lions and the brown hyena." — Cindy de Villiers, Wellington

Game Drive

Game Drive

A stay at Quartermain's Camp man­ages to cap­ture, prob­ably due to the unchecked energy and pas­sion of its own­ers who are both exper­i­enced rangers, a sense of won­der of the wild­life that sur­rounds you. Not only are you vir­tu­ally assured of see­ing ele­phant, white and black rhino, leo­pard, buf­falo and lion, hyena, chee­tah, zebra and gir­affe, but you will also be delighted with smal­ler — though no less import­ant — creatures, birds and plants.

Twice daily game drives, big 5 walks where one's insig­ni­fic­ance in the face of the African bush is really exper­i­enced, guided bush walks in the 'soft game' area around the camp, and bird­ing safaris with Riaan, who is also a spe­cial­ist bird guide, all com­bine to bring you closer to nature. And in reach­ing out to nature, one can only reach into one's self as well.

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
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