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Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is a renowned conservation and community success story

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is a renowned conservation and community success story and is one of the largest Private Five game viewing areas in South Africa. Kwandwe provides understated luxury and one of the highest land to guest ratios in South Africa’s spectacular Eastern Cape region.

Dedicated to providing a superior and authentic safari experience, led by an award-winning team of highly qualified and experienced rangers, activities on the reserve are diverse and offer both young and old the opportunity to create lifelong memories.

Where is Melton Manor Located?

Melton Manor is a private space that inspires the sharing of meals, laughter and experiences around the farmhouse table. Grand views of the Afromontane forests are complemented by the sophisticated, contemporary simplicity of Melton Manor. The welcoming U-shape and 4 en-suite bedrooms of this sole-use safari villa are cleverly designed around the central courtyard and its large, inviting swimming pool.

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What is the Accommodation like?

The Manor’s 4 bedrooms offer a private refuge with a large veranda, enormous bed and a butler hatch for unobtrusive morning service. Generous bathtubs invite you to a soak and large windows provide uninterrupted bushveld views. The interactive farm-style kitchen encourages you to try your hand at combining flavours under the guidance of your personal chef. Share meals and laughter around the farmhouse table in the fresh air of the terrace.

What Activities are Available?

A private safari vehicle with ranger and tracker offers a completely flexible itinerary for daily game drives, nature walks, big game walking safaris (tracking white rhino, black rhino, elephant and buffalo on foot) and fishing. Spend the afternoon hours in the library enjoying a quiet session with a book, relax around the pool or have some fun with the large collection of board games.

Is Kwandwe an ideal location for Family Safaris?

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is a wilderness playground for a family getaway. Each family is different, and they tailor every safari to suit yours. From the young years to the young at heart, they have experiences which allow for the whole family to connect with one another and the wild spaces all around them at Kwandwe.

There is an abundance of things to do at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve to suit the whole family's sense of adventure and holiday ambitions. Guests of all ages are welcome on the daily game drives around the private reserve, and for those parents wanting a special date night, child-minders are available with prior arrangement at no additional cost. Exclusive-use bookings can design their own family safaris, with no minimum age restrictions, and game drives at flexible times anytime of the day.

With two lodges and three private villas located at Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, find a stay ideally suited to your family’s style, needs and sense of adventure.

Flying Safaris in Africa - By Private Fixed Wing Aircraft

A Fixed Wing Flying Safari is a unique concept of travel in Africa. It introduces another dimension to a typical African safari, that of the beauty of the continent from the air. Accompanied and guided by experienced pilots who are also experienced safari guides a Fixed Wing Flying Safari is a truly memorable and exclusive experience.

Flying Safaris in Africa - By Private Helicopter

Epic helicopter journeys exploring corners of Africa that few have been to or even ever heard of. We specialise in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, the Congo and Namibia. Our tailor-made safaris cover wild and spectacular mountains, valleys, forests and deserts, with a focus on ‘remote and unknown, unexplored and unforgettable’.

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100% Tailor Made

- Utterly designed and tailored around you and your requirements

- Totally unique every time you travel with us

- The very best hand picked guides which can make the difference between a  good and an outstanding holiday

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Priceless Knowledge

- Established over 30 years ago we have been around longer than most

- Our specialists come from, have lived in or travelled extensively in the regions we cover

- Unparalleled knowledge provides you with the best possible experience

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Making a difference

- Philanthropy is our philosophy

- Our founding principle is to always ‘put something back’

- An amount from each holiday is donated to our selected conservation and humanitarian charities


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As a guide, the cost of our extraordinary and utterly bespoke journeys tends to start from $1200 per person per day excluding international flights.

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