Kariega Game Reserve
Kariega Game Reserve is a family-owned and operated private safari reserve located in South Africa's Eastern Cape. The reserve is situated along the Garden Route, making it the perfect South African safari destination to compliment a Cape Town visit and a trip along the country’s beautiful coast.
This malaria-free reserve incorporates 11,500 hectares of pristine African wilderness, as well as two abundant rivers - the Kariega and the Bushmans rivers. The reserve offers a choice of five safari lodges to suit all needs. We stayed at the Main Lodge built on top of a gorge. We had four game drives in an open Land Cruiser where we experienced close up game viewing of four of the Big 5 - lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo (We didn’t see a leopard) - as well as a variety of other South African wildlife.
Day 1 (Friday evening)
Our first game drive was in the late afternoon. We managed to see a couple of young South African giraffes “fighting” using their long necks like a hammer to punch each other. Other animals spotted included Plains Zebra, Impala, Waterbuck, Blesbok, Warthog and Nyala.
Later that evening local schoolchildren performed some dances for us as we ate dinner in a boma (enclosure with a fire)
Our chalet balcony
The chalet is perched on the edge of a gorge
Blesbok
South African Giraffe
Glossy Starlings
Common Blue Wildebeest
Small group of Impala
Male Ostrich
Burchells Zebra
Burchells Zebra foal
Egyptian Geese
Female Nyala
Nyala
Impala
Black Duck
Nyala
Wildebeest and calves
A wary Warthog
Black Drongo
Fighting Giraffes
The small one was more aggressive !
Waterbuck (circle on rump)
The family says HI !
Newborn Giraffe (Right)
Sundowner time !
Schoolkids singing and dancing at the hotel Boma
