Cape Town Game Reserves

Cape Town Game Reserves

Reserves all situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa offer guests the opportunity of a Big 5 safari near Cape Town. With the magnificent Karoo as a backdrop and the unique Fynbos as a biome these game reserves offer the chance to spot amongst other Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Buffalo and Leopard not forgetting the pretty amazing birdlife on show.

Cape Town, Karoo and Garden Route Game Reserves obviously cannot compete with the more game rich reserves up north including the Kruger, Natal, Madikwe and Eastern Cape, the landscape and flora just simply cannot support large amounts of wildlife. But on saying that there are a few games reserves that are well worth the effort of visiting with the added bonus of Malaria Free, Big 5 and luxury accommodation options.

All reserves are within an easy 2-3 hour drive from Cape Town, a few reserves even offer a landing strip for private air charters - the choice is entirely yours.

Cape Town Safari Lodges

  • Grootbos Garden Lodge

    Rates from R7 300.00 pp

    Grootbos Garden Lodge has a more African contemporary theme as opposed to the other lodges in the reserve, with an earthy colour scheme, dark furnishing and African prints and baskets. The central area and suites are built from timber, stone and thatch to compliment the surrounding environment of fynbos and indigenous trees.

  • Tintswalo Atlantic

    Rates from R4 945.00 pp

    Tintswalo Atlantic is the ideal place to go for guests needing to unwind right next to the ocean, located unobtrusively amongst the boulders of the Atlantic Ocean's water's edge as well as the slopes Constantiaberg.

  • Sanbona Gondwana Lodge

    Rates from ZAR 7 000.00 pp

    Sanbona Gondwana Lodge offers guests 12 luxurious rooms that are perfect for families, friends and small groups, and especially for those with a young family in tow. All within an amazing 'Bog 5' wildlife reserves only three hours drive from Cape Town.

  • Sanbona Dwyka Tented Lodge

    Rates from ZAR 7 800.00 pp

    Dwyka Tented Lodge is the most luxurious accommodation within the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, an accommodation establishment that offers up nine large tented suites with all the luxuries one could possibly ask for.

  • Sanbona Tilney Manor

    Rates from ZAR 7 000.00 pp

    Tilney Manor in the 54,000ha Sanbona Wildlife Reserve is a small luxurious lodge that caters for no more than 12 people at a time, the perfect option for those looking for a romantic or honeymoon getaway.

  • Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse

    Rates from R3 499.00 pp

    Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse is unique. There are only five bedrooms in this small hotel, the original homestead on a large private estate which is both a working wheat and sheep farm and a nature reserve with a spectacular mountain backdrop.

  • Bushmans Kloof Lodge

    Rates from R3 395.00 pp

    This Relais & Chateaux lodge is an oasis of luxury in a breathtaking landscape of savage, untamed beauty, 270 kilometres from Cape Town, Bushmans Kloof Accommodates 32 guests and offers with over 130 Bushman rock art sites.

  • Bushmans Kloof Koro Lodge

    Rates from R23 150.00 pp

    Koro Lodge in the heart of the Cederberg is available year-round for friends and families to come together and enjoy a sublime location, where savage natural beauty is juxtaposed with modern comforts, thoughtful touches and generous hospitality.

  • Grootbos Villa

    Rates are on request only.

    Secluded and completely private, the two Grootbos Villas is that home-from-home experience that every discerning traveller yearns for. With your private chef, butler and nature guide your holiday is set at your pace all surrounded by unsurpassed quality. These two villas are up there with the best in South Africa.

  • Grootbos Forest Lodge

    Rates from R7 300.00 pp

    The lodge is nestled in, around and under a 100-year-old milkwood forest with the most stunning of views. A covered forested pathway connects the central guest area to the suites, restaurant and pool. A more adult-focused lodge that more suitable for the romantics out there than those with children in tow.
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