Makalali Reserve Safari Trips & Tours

Sitting beneath the gaze of the distant Drakensberg Mountains, Makalali promises a stupendous safari with a real focus on conservation and sustainability. With just a handful of seriously stellar camps and lodges scattered across 26,000 hectares, your visit is guaranteed to be intimate and memorable, free of over-crowded waterholes or vehicles jostling for a look. Its most famous accommodation is, of course, Garonga, which sets the standard in these parts. The reserve has an array of habitats from savannah grasslands where zebras, wildebeest and antelope munch and big cats wait for their moment to pounce, to riverine forests, a favourite spot for elephants and elusive leopards. Being a private reserve, your safari will be enhanced by the chance to spy nocturnal wildlife on night drives or appreciate the smallest details on a bush walk. You may even be lucky enough to see both black and white rhinos!