Overview
#Makalali Private Game Reserve The Makalali Private Game Reserve is situated in the Hoedspruit region close to the iconic Kruger National Park. It covers a conservancy of 26,000 ha and is home to the ‘big five’ (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino). It furthermore, boasts more than 1,000 wild animals that live and freely roam there.
The Makalali Lodge consists of three exclusive camps. Each camp offers a swimming pool, an open air boma for outdoor dinners in the evening, as well as an enclosed dining area. Each camp has six luxury suites with en-suite bathrooms, an open air shower, a fireplace and a raised viewing deck.
Game drives in open Landrover safari vehicles are on offer twice a day. Each vehicle has an experienced tracker and a qualified game ranger to find the animals and share interesting facts on the animals and birds that you spot. Game walks in the bush accompanied by experienced game rangers are also available on request.
All the rangers have the necessary qualifications to identify stars of the Southern hemisphere on night game drives.
Tours that visit Makalali Private Game Reserve
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13 Day Highlights of South Africa Southbound
On this tour you learn more about Johannesburg, stay at two private game reserves and experience open vehicle game drives, do game viewing in five different regions, interact with ostriches and elephants, engage in whale and dolphin watching on an ocean safari and travel to beautiful Cape Town and Cape Point. An excellent tour for first time visitors to South Africa.
from R31,145
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Wildlife Experience Tour
This tour will give you the opportunity to experience African wildlife in its natural surroundings. Apart from the four star hotels, you will also stay at two private game lodges and discover excellent South African cuisine. The tour will take you from Johannesburg into the scenic Mpumalanga province with its abundance of game reserves. Next you travel through the kingdom of Swaziland to KwaZulu Natal with different eco systems and game viewing. The tour ends at Durban, the holiday capital of South Africa.
from R12,315
Things to see
Town
Hoedspruit
##Hoedspruit The small town of Hoedspruit is situated in the Mpumalanga lowveld at the foothills of the small Drakensberg mountain range. Hoedspruit is close to a well known cluster of private game reserves in the Timbavati and Klaserie regions. It is also in close proximity to the Kruger National Park.
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Game or nature reserve
Kruger National Park
##Kruger National Park The Kruger National Park in South Africa is internationally renowned as a world leader in conservation policies, practices and techniques. This Park stretches over 20,000 square kilometers (2 million hectares) and is home to an incredible variety of plant, bird and animal species, with the “big five” included (elephant, lion, rhinoceros, leopard and buffalo).
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Region
Limpopo
##Limpopo Province Limpopo Province is the northern most province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River which forms the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The province is home to the iconic Kruger National Park.
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