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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. Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Featured Family-friendly Game Lodge

RiverBend Lodge

RiverBend Lodge

The first in our fea­ture on "Family-friendly Game Lodges" is the 5-Star RiverBend Lodge in the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape. Children of all ages are wel­come at River Bend. Various activ­it­ies are on offer includ­ing a play­room where hours of fun can be had.

The team at RiverBend are geared towards every need and chil­dren will be taken on walks with their guide, bak­ing bis­cuits with the chef or doing mini treat­ments with the Beauty Therapist. There is also a ded­ic­ated chan­nel on their tele­vi­sion net­work on which chil­dren are able to choose from a selec­tion of videos to be played.

When you need some time to yourselves and your chil­dren will not be join­ing you on a game drive or for din­ner, RiverBend have trained child mind­ers to take care of your pre­cious ones whilst you relax and enjoy the beauty of the Addo Elephant Park. Continued

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Friday, 28 October 2005

South Africa Game Reserves & Lodges

South African National Parks and Game Reserves: South Africa boasts a huge col­lec­tion of wild­life regions and game parks (both pub­lic and private) encom­passing every pos­sible land­scape from deserts to forests, moun­tains to coast, teem­ing with wild­life spe­cies — includ­ing Africa’s Big 5: Leopard, Lion, Buffalo, Elephant and Rhinoceros. View » South Africa Wildlife Gallery.

South Africa's Game Lodges and Bush Camps: Game lodges are loc­ated within private game reserves, national parks and nature reserves. The accom­mod­a­tions offered at a Game Lodge ranges from rus­tic to 5-star super-luxury; from self cater­ing bush camps to fully catered lodges, with pack­ages includ­ing daily game activ­it­ies, such as day and night game drives, bush walks, horse-back safaris and other eco-activities.
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