Kwandwe Private Game Reserve
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Kwandwe Private Game Reserve Highlights
Kwandwe means "Place of the Blue Crane" in Xhosa; South Africa's endangered national bird. The reserve is home to a population of these rare birds. Guests are ensured of an exceptional safari experience in a region steeped in history and culture.
Kwandwe Game Reserve offers luxurious and elegant accommodation and promises to be a memorable safari and wildlife experience in the heart of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Kwandwe Private Game Reserve Game Viewing and Activites
Kwandwe Private Game Reserve offers a fantastic variety of wildlife. The reserve consists of 22 000 hectares (54 400 acres) of farmland in the Great Fish River region. The area ensures unbeatable game viewing opportunities and guests can expect to see lion, cheetah, hyena, leopard, black and white rhino, fascinating nocturnal wildlife and fantastic bird-watching, approximately 238 bird species can be found in the reserve.
Springbok are the most abundant antelope, with good populations of greater kudu, oryx (gemsbok), red hartebeest and eland. Bushbuck and Cape grysbok keep to dense thickets. Abundant termites provide food for the nocturnal aardwolf, aardvark and bat-eared fox. Black-backed jackal, Cape fox and caracal are commonly encountered smaller predators. Family parties of suricate (meerkat) provide entertaining viewing. Rock hyrax, red rock-rabbit and elephant-shrew live in rocky terrain.
Two game drives a day are offered, morning as well as evening drives in open 4x4 vehicles.Guided bush walks as well as fishing are also available; the scenic Great Fish River is a highlight and all game viewing activities are lead by experienced and knowledgeable guides.
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Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge offers an elegant and intimate safari lodge with only 6 luxurious suites with en-suite facilities and offering spectacular views. This unique safari lodge is ideal for family safaris; it is small and personal and offers fantastic game viewing opportunities. The area ensures unbeatable game viewing opportunities and guests can expect to see lion, cheetah, hyena, leopard and black and white rhino.
Great Fish River Lodge
Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge promises a game-rich country with Big Five (black & white rhino, elephant, lion, buffalo and leopard) as well as an incredible variety of predators and general game. The lodge is superb for keen birdwatchers; the Fish Eagle and endangered Blue Crane are among a wide variety of birds found on the Reserve. Guests can also enjoy fantastic nocturnal viewing; aardwolf and aardvark are regularly seen.
Kwandwe Melton Manor
Kwandwe Melton Manor offers a private and exclusive safari experience with a private ranger and tracker, butler, chef and private use of an open 4x4 safari vehicle. Guests have access to 30 km of privately owned Great Fish River frontage in a reserve home to the Big Five (black & white rhino, elephant, lion, buffalo and leopard) as well as remarkable variety of predators and general game.
