Klaserie Private Nature Reserve

Klaserie Private Nature Reserve Highlights

The Klaserie Private Nature Reserve lies to the west of the Timbavati Game Reserve covering 60 000 hectares on both sides of the Klaserie River.

The private nature of this wilderness sanctuary enables visitors to embrace the African bushveld. It allows guests to take in the sights, sounds and smells that make the bushveld such a unique experience. Safaris within this unspoilt region of the Greater Kruger National Park focus on the bush and its ecosystems.

Klaserie is part of an exclusive, privately-owned wildlife sanctuary. The area is renowned for the big five and incredible game viewing opportunities and guests can expect to see lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo as well as an abundance of plains game and incredible birdlife.

Klaserie Game Reserve Game Viewing and Activities

The Klaserie Game Reserve is part of an exclusive, privately-owned wildlife sanctuary. The area is renowned for the big five and incredible game viewing opportunities and guests can expect to see lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo as well as an abundance of plains game and incredible birdlife.

How to Get there

Air

There are daily flights from OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg International) to Hoedspruit Airport (also called Eastgate). Once guests arrive at the airport they have a choice between a car hire option (self-drive) or road transfer to the lodge where they will be staying.

Land

All the Klaserie Game Reserve lodges are accessible via self drive with a sedan rental car from anywhere in South Africa. Obviously the drive time depends on where you are driving from! To self drive from Johannesburg will take approximately 6 hours.

Seasons and Climate

The weather in the Klaserie Game Reserve is regarded as subtropical and very hot and humid with rainy summers and cool, dry winters.

Summer is also the season for rain and occasional afternoon thunderstorms and is from October to March. The days are hot and humid and the thunderstorms bring relief in the afternoons. The days are usually hot with temperatures as high as 32 degrees Celsius. The evenings are cooler and more comfortable.

The dry winter season, is from April until September. The days are sunny and warm, however evenings and early mornings can be cold with temperatures dropping to 10 degrees. Water is restricted during the dry winter months, hence animals are easier to find as they tend to stick to the water holes in the area. The winter months are classified as your best game viewing months.