Safari for four nights or more and fly to Tswalu and back for free. Tswalu Kalahari is situated in the malaria-free southern Kalahari in the Northern Cape.

The Kalahari is the ancestral home of the San people (Bushman) and some of their ancient engravings can be seen at Tswalu.

Tswalu Kalahari is South Africa’s largest private game reserve, covering an area of over 100,000 hectares. Owned by the Oppenheimer family, Tswalu takes conservation as its absolute priority.

No more than thirty guests at a time can discover the beauty of this landscape, its diverse wildlife, and the serenity of what may well be South Africa’s last great wilderness.

Guests staying at Tswalu Kalahari for 4 nights or more, get free return flights to either Cape Town or Johannesburg valued at up to R6500 per person (plus up to 2 children stay free in a suite and only pay 50% of flights).

Valid for the whole of 2011 & 2012.

Email us now to book this Northern Cape safari at Tswalu Kalahari and prepare to experience more than just a Big 5 safari.

 

The wider Kalahari is a vast, arid region of sandy, porous land which extends across much of Southern Africa. Stretching from South Africa’s Orange River northwards across eastern Namibia, Botswana and western Zimbabwe, the Kalahari also embraces parts of Angola, Zambia and the Congo in a total area of more than 2.5 million square kilometres, about 10 times the size of Great Britain.

The name Kalahari derives from the Tswana word “Kgala” which means “great thirst”. But the southern Kalahari, where Tswalu is located, is really a “green desert” as the Korannaberg mountains attract precious rainfall in the summer months. Over 400 plant species have been identified here at Tswalu together with 230 bird species, 90 mammal species and 38 species of reptile. Every living thing has adapted ingeniously to this unique environment.

The Kalahari has been the ancestral home of the San people, or Bushmen, for thousands of years. As hunter-gatherers, the Bushmen survived by tracking and hunting wild game with bows and arrow, gathering berries or desert melons and storing scarce water in the blown-out shells of ostrich eggs. The San culture and beliefs are rich and rooted in this land.

Tswalu offers unrivalled privacy in a vast, pristine wilderness. There are a maximum of six vehicles in over 100,000 hectares.

As well as discovering many rare and endangered species for the first time, every guest leaves with a deep appreciation of the beauty of this entire eco-system.

You can explore the Kalahari from every possible angle. Our two donkeys, Pedro and Don Juan, pull a traditional Kalahari cart, still a main form of transport for many here today. Hot-air balloon trips over this vast wilderness can be booked in advance. Or you can simply sleep out under the thousands of stars in the Kalahari’s “diamond skies”.

The Motse nestles at the foot of the Korannaberg mountains, facing westwards across the grasslands of the Kalahari. Motse means “village” in Tswana and our village consists of just eight spacious and secluded “legae” (another Tswana word, for “little house”) or suites

Each suite comprises a spacious bedroom with an open fire, a sumptuous en-suite bathroom with both indoor and outdoor shower, and a large dressing and study area. Your private sun deck overlooks a waterhole and the changing game it attracts.

•Flights available from Cape Town or Johannesburg
•Fly in a pressurised Pilatus PC12
•From exclusive private hangars (Signature in CPT, Anglo American in JNB)
•Into Tswalu's world-class 2,030m tar runway located within the reserve
•The Tswalu difference begins with the journey itself

Terms and conditions apply.
Offer cannot be combined with other packages and offers at Tswalu Kalahari.

Valid at The Motse only:
2011 rates are R7000 per person per night sharing or R9600 single per night on a fully inclusive basis.
2012 rates are R7700 per person per night sharing or R9900 single per night on a fully inclusive basis.

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