Feedback on Kariega Game Reserve 

Hi Liesl,
I’m pleased to say that we had a fantastic holiday from start to finish.
Generally, the parts of South Africa that we saw were spectacular, food was excellent, people lovely and the weather fine. The wine was pretty good too !! 

Re: Kariega Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, we really enjoyed the experience and will be going back for sure. It wasn’t exactly as I expected (I had visions of thousands of wildebeest on Serengeti-type plains) but it was all the better for that.
The fact that the rangers are in contact with each other and able to find the various animals relatively easily is a big bonus, especially with kids (even older ones - 10 & 14).

Being in one place for a relatively long time (6 days) actually worked v well as we were able to recognise where we were going,spot the various animals and start to understand their interaction with their environment. This was partly due to the fact that we had an excellent ranger but also because we had him to ourselves for 2.5 days. Thus we were able to relax from chasing the “Big 5″ (we’d seen all but the leopards) and actually really enjoyed the flora and smaller fauna and bird-life.

The boys were riveted for the whole time, we were amazed at how they took to the early starts and late finishes and didn’t even ask for their game consoles or watch TV for 6 days !!

The River Lodge itself was great, 5 star food, service and setting. The staff are all outstanding. As you can tell, we loved it !!

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