Lalibela Game Reserve
Upon arrival at Port Elizabeth airport, you are met by our representative and transferred by road to Lentaba Safari Lodge in the Lalibela Game Reserve where you check in for your 2-night stay. You have time to settle into your lodge before embarking on your afternoon game drive. You return to your lodge after sunset for a safari cuisine supper.
Lalibela Game Reserve is a 7,500 hectare malaria-free game reserve in the heart of Eastern Cape game country. It is home to the Big Five (lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo & leopard) as well as other predators like cheetah, hyena, jackal & lynx. Lalibela brings you the charm of authentic Africa and is a perfect blend of the formal and informal.
- Main Destination:
- Lalibela Game Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Lentaba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Lalibela Game Reserve
Lalibela is home to the Big 5. There are no public roads running through the game reserve and all of the animals, including the predators, are free-roaming throughout the reserve. Game drives in an open vehicle with an experienced game ranger bring you face to face with a multitude of game species, ranging from mighty elephant, lion, rhino and buffalo to tiny blue duiker and rock hyrax.
Today after a light snack you are taken on a morning game drive. You return to the lodge for a grand brunch. Then there is time to relax around the sunny pool, do some bird-watching from the observation deck or read a book in the peace of your room’s private verandah. After High Tea you set off on another evening game drive, returning again in time for dinner. Game drives at Lalibela are conducted in the early morning and late afternoon, as this is when animals are most active and it is the time of day when you are likely to see both nocturnal and diurnal animals.
- Main Destination:
- Lalibela Game Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Lentaba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Walking Safari
This morning you check out of Lentaba Lodge and embark on your walking safari with your experienced guide. Your luggage will be sent ahead by road.
A walking safari offers the ultimate experience in exploring Africa’s untamed wilderness by foot. Walk along the beaten bush trails through the African bushveld while learning to recognise important plant life in the area and the area’s amazing biodiversity. This walk opens a whole new world of strange, exciting and unimagined experiences. Your safari guide will read and interpret your environment and the creatures you encounter from the tiniest termite to a herd of elephants. Enjoy a bush lunch in the middle of the African bushveld.
In the early afternoon you arrive at Inzolo Lodge. You check in for your 2-night stay. There is time to freshen up before embarking on your evening game drive.
- Main Destination:
- Lalibela Game Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Inzolo Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Lalibela Game Reserve game drives
Game viewing at Lalibela is excellent because the Reserve straddles the meeting point of 5 distinct biomes (valley bushveld, savannah grassland, fynbos, riverine forest and acacia woodland), resulting in a breath-taking variety in animal and bird species. The vast areas of Savannah Grassland, the biome that has by far the highest carrying capacity, mean that Lalibela is able to sustain truly huge herds of plains game like zebra, impala, wildebeest, red hartebeest, blesbuck and eland. This, in turn, allows the Reserve to sustain a remarkable density of free-roaming lions and other predators. In addition to the larger, more well-known wild animals, Lalibela has various lesser-known species and the game rangers delight in exposing guests to these – the curious spring hare is as fascinating as the mighty African elephant!
- Main Destination:
- Lalibela Game Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Inzolo Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Game Drive & Departure
After your morning game drive and breakfast you check out of your lodge. You bid this African Wonderland farewell as you are met and transferred to Port Elizabeth Airport where you check in for your flight connecting to your International flight home.
- Main Destination:
- Port Elizabeth (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: