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Game Drives – Kwa Madwala

The game drives at Kwa Madwala are uniquely small and personal. Undertaken in open 4x4s, these safari vehicles offer a second-to-none open and panoramic experience. The drive takes you into the 4,000 hectare Kwa Madwala Private Conservancy. These drives offer an excellent overall game and wilderness experience.

Morning Game Drives

Three hour early morning safari which includes coffee and rusks in the bush. This safari departs at 05.00 in the summer and at 06.00 in the winter. Guests return in time for a hearty breakfast either back at Manyatta Rock Camp or in the bush. Your ranger will give you an early morning wake up call on request.

Afternoon Game Drives

Three hour late afternoon safari which includes sundowner drinks and snacks in the bush, often by the river to watch the hippos have their evening bathe. The afternoon safari departs at 16.30 in the summer and 16.00 in the winter. Guests return in time for a delicious dinner.

Please note:
Summer months: 1st November to 30th March
Winter months: 1st April to 30th October

The drive departs from camp and traverses through the Kwa Madwala reserve focusing on large game, many other animals, birds, flora and fauna. Expect to get close to lion, elephant, rhino as well as giraffe. Consider yourself very lucky should you encounter a leopard sighting and enjoy the general game and wilderness experience the reserve has to offer.

Kwa Madwala tries wherever possible to employ people from local communities. As a result the majority of our rangers are from under privileged and previously disadvantaged backgrounds. They are without doubt very entertaining and will relate fascinating facts and stories along the way. Each one of them has exceptional knowledge of the bush and has excellent tracking skills and consequently is more than able to answer questions on the bush and its inhabitants. However, you may experience a lack of knowledge on worldly events and issues. We ask that you kindly respect this.

Wildlife sightings

It should be noted that whilst every effort is made in terms of finding sightings on a Kwa Madwala game drive, and rangers will do their absolute best for you, in certain cases sightings can be poor. If this does happen it is important to try and be patient, it is seldom that a combination of three drives will give an overall result of poor game viewings.

For the best viewing results we highly recommend you participate in at least three game drives at Kwa Madwala and both of the Kruger National Park safari options. Should sightings for whatever reason be poor in Kwa Madwala the chances are they are unlikely to be poor in Kruger simultaneously. The opposite also applies in that poor sightings in Kruger are unlikely to occur in Kwa Madwala at the same time. The combination of both gives the best possible opportunity of big game viewings.

Please refer to Standard Kruger National Park Day Tours and Greater Kruger National Park Game Drives for more details.

Kwa Madwala Game Drive Rate:
R450-00 per person per three hour drive.