Hang with habituated meerkats, horse ride across the plains, spot black rhino, follow wild dogs on a hunt and top it off with a tasting menu at Klein Jan, a collaboration with the chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen, who has Michelin-starred restaurant experience. Owing to the reserve’s size, you may have to work a bit for the sightings - but a morning spent tracking black-maned Kalahari lions is all part of the fun. The resort has just a nine-suite lodge and a private house in a reserve of more than 100,000 hectares, so guests virtually have the rolling rust-coloured dunes and plains of the Kalahari semi-desert to themselves. South Africa’s largest private reserve is in the arid far north. Tswalu Kalahari, Tswalu Kalahari Private Reserve See more Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (Alamy) 12. This is a truly thrilling safari experience led by expert guides, operating in the dry months of April to October.īig five lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, elephant The walking safaris are at least two nights in length and involve camping in the bush (you’ll still have proper beds, so this is far from roughing it). The big game isn’t as dense up here, but there’s a fraction of the tourists you’ll encounter further south. Getting back to basics, Pafuri Walking Safaris are based in the northern Kruger, which has a different environment to the southern park, what with its huge baobab trees and large fever tree forest. Pafuri Walking Safaris, Kruger National Park If you click and buy a product, we may earn revenue.
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