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Custom dates available to explore the Kapama Game Reserve all year round.
To inquire on a custom date, please contact us!
Standard tour options start at 5 Days / 4 Nights (can customize to any tour length)
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Kapama Game Reserve Properties are all 5 Star
After touching down in South Africa, you’ll jet across to the Hoedspruit Airport, the gateway to the Limpopo region and the iconic game reserves that straddle the lands around the Kruger National Park. It promises to be a jaw-dropping trip, offering visions of the rolling Highveld and the Blyde River Canyon from the window when the skies are clear.
You’ll be greeted at the arrivals hall and taken straight to your first accommodation in the Kapama Reserve – at around 30 minutes, the drive shouldn’t be a long one. Take some time to freshen up and change before embarking on your first game drive at 4pm or 4.30pm (depending on the season), to go searching for those initial sightings of the fabled Big Five. Dinner is included, back at the lodge.
It’s a 5-5.30am start on the second day. That helps us coincide your first morning game drive with the sunrise, when there’s a much better chance of spotting big mammals like lions, nocturnal hunters like hyena, and more elusive reserve residents like bushbabies and African wild dogs. Not to worry: You can fuel up on artisan coffee, freshly brewed tea, and homemade pastries before you go!
Return to camp is at around 9am, for a full breakfast and a hard-earned R&R session by the side of the lodge pool. Lunch breaks up the day before a second game drive at 4-4.30pm. These are usually the best for spotting fauna that’s active during the day: Zebra, kudu, elephants, rhino – the list goes on!
It’s boots on the ground for the morning of day three, as you venture by foot into the wilds of Limpopo in the company of the reserve’s seasoned game trackers. This is Kapama’s trademark bush walk, an altogether different experience of the landscape; a chance to learn the ins and outs of scent markings and spoor patterns, and to encounter the wildlife of South Africa up close.
After lunch, you’ll revert back to a standard game drive before returning to the lodge for a special evening bush dinner. It’s at once romantic and enthralling, with five-star cuisine served up to a backdrop of gnarled acacia trees and elephant-stalked woodland.
Meet at 5.30-6am once again for morning espressos as the sun begins to peak above the horizon. This is your penultimate early game drive, and another chance to spot the animals that emerge with the dawn chorus.
The afternoon of day four is about slowing the pace down. Back in the lodge by 9am, you’ll get a big breakfast and then ample time to enjoy the frills of the luxury lodge itself. That might mean a long session by the pool lost in a novel or a specialty treatment at the on-site spa, which include massages with African body butters and rejuvenating neroli oils.
For the evening, something unique: A chance to sleep under the stars. Guests can bed down in a four-poster on a raised platform and drift off to the ebb and flow of the swaying Kruger forests, watching as the twinkling stars appear in the night sky.
Day five might be the last day on the itinerary but it’s still packed with potential game sightings. We ensure that by rising for a final morning adventure, which allows for a full three hours of touring before breakfast. It’s your last chance to glimpse a pride of lions or a Cape buffalo in the wild, so be sure to keep the eyes peeled!
You’ll have breakfast and lunch back at the lodge as normal before being transferred back to Hoedspruit Airport to begin your journey home.
Please contact us for a complete detailed itinerary.
The Kapama Southern Camp is one of the flagship lodges here. As the name implies, it pokes above the savannah on the south side of the reserve, the snaking courses of the Klaserie River on the one side and fantastic game-viewing territory unfolding on the other. Options include two-person suites with vaulted thatched ceilings and sprawling family villas that can accommodate two adults and two children. The larger villas come with their own private pools, while all guests get access to a communal spa, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and souvenir shop for those take-home gifts.
There is no other operator in the travel industry that will provide the same level of personal attention to you before your adventure at Kapama Game Reserve. We get very involved with our travelers before each trip by offering a series of pre-planning calls in the months and weeks before departure. This provides you with an opportunity to hear directly from us on preparation, trip experience, and training. It also gives you the platform to ask questions about any aspect of the trip.
Our knowledgeable support staff take care of the details of your in-country transportation, lodging, meals, tours, fees, and activities. We’ve even scheduled in a bit of free time for you to explore, relax, shop, or eat on your own.
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