A new field guide joins the Tswalu Team

The latest addi­tion to the team of field guides at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is Cameron Pearce, an exper­i­enced ranger and man­ager who joins Tswalu with nearly five years’ exper­i­ence at three excep­tional South African game reserves, namely Kapama Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve and Lion Sands Private Game Reserve ... Continued

The Madikwe Game Reserve

Madikwe Game Reserve

Game reserves, like dark chocol­ate covered straw­ber­ries, are one of those things that you just can’t get enough of. Millions of years of human evol­u­tion have designed us to nat­ur­ally prefer the great out­doors to an office cubicle. Who can argue with that?

The Madikwe game reserve cov­ers 75,000 hec­tares mak­ing it one of South Africa’s largest. The Madikwe Game Reserve show­cases Africa at its finest. Immense plains of open wood­lands and grass­lands, the jagged Rant van Tweedepoort, the dra­matic Dwarsberg Mountain as well as haphaz­ardly placed insel­bergs, all make for awe inspir­ing scenery. Throw in the Big Five and this des­tin­a­tion is every tour­ists dream. Located against the Botswana bor­der, north of the small town Groot Marico. Continued

10 Amazing Game Lodges — Pictures to Inspire

10 Amazing Game Lodges (in no par­tic­u­lar order):

1. Safari Lodge at Ulusaba Private Game Reserve
2. Thanda Private Game Reserve
3. Ivory Lodge at Lion Sands Private Game Reserve
4. Tree Camp at Londolozi Private Game Reserve
5. Msenge Bush Lodge at Pumba Private Game Reserve
6. The Motse at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve
7. Gorah Elephant Camp
8. Dwyka Lodge at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
9. Tinga Private Game Lodge
10. Nguni River Lodge

Please bare in mind that this is a sub­ject­ive list, not a defin­it­ive list — there are hun­dreds of out­stand­ing game lodges in South Africa. It is not my inten­tion to offend other game lodge own­ers, but rather to inspire trav­el­lers with the beauty of our coun­try. Continued

Bush Weddings at Shamwari Game Reserve

Shamwari Wedding

If your dream wed­ding includes a lux­ury hon­ey­moon to one of Africa's finest, lux­ury, Big 5 game reserves, then why not extend the dream and get mar­ried in the wild? At the award-winning lux­uri­ous Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa, all aspects of the wed­ding, from the cere­mony to the recep­tion, are arranged for you.

Weddings at Shamwari Game Reserve are small, intim­ate and very special.

The pro­fes­sional reser­va­tions and events team organ­ise everything for you: the venue and all the arrange­ments includ­ing the Minister, flowers, wed­ding cake, cham­pagne, pho­to­graphy and wed­ding video.

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Bayete Zulu Game Lodge

Bayete Zulu

Bayete Zulu Game Lodge is a mem­ber of the 22 000 ha Zululand Rhino Reserve. Privately we own the 2 300 ha Mkuze West por­tion of this reserve. The reserve con­sists of a var­ied land­scape of moun­tains, open plains and dense riv­er­ine wood­lands. The diversity of its flora and high car­ry­ing capa­city make this an animal Eden, ensur­ing guests that regard­less of weather or cir­cum­stance they will always enjoy excel­lent game view­ing with inter­est­ing drives and walks.

Being one of the most densely stocked reserves in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, a drive with one of our know­ledge­able field drivers is guar­an­teed to be an adven­ture. Come watch our hip­pos wal­low, while their babies ride on their backs. Two game drives are offered. Tea, cof­fee and rusks are served on the morn­ing game drive. Continued

Lalibela Game Reserve Children's Programme

Lalibela for Kids

Since open­ing, Lalibela were aware that there is a huge demand for fam­il­ies want­ing a safari hol­i­day in a malaria-free area. Lalibela's loc­a­tion makes it ideal for adults trav­el­ling with chil­dren who are want­ing to com­bine a fam­ily safari with the Garden Route and Cape Town.

Over the last 12 months Lalibela have looked at vari­ous pro­grammes cater­ing for fam­il­ies and have come up with a children's pro­gramme which optim­izes the safari exper­i­ence with qual­ity fam­ily time.

Each fam­ily is dif­fer­ent and chil­dren require vary­ing degrees of atten­tion, which is why the emphasis at Lalibela is to be as flex­ible as pos­sible to ensure mem­or­able fam­ily holidays.

In the early morn­ing Lalibela’s child mind­ers come on duty so that par­ents can leave for their morn­ing game drive. The chil­dren are given a chance to wake up, get dressed and be ready for the day. Parents are wel­come to stay behind and accom­pany their chil­dren on the kid­dies game drive. Continued