New activities introduced at Kwandwe

KWANDWE Private Game Reserve,
near Port Elizabeth, will introduce a
range of activities to its children’s
safari programme, the Blue Crane
Conservation Club, in January.
The ‘Eco-nect’ activities will
include kite building, range shooting
simulation, treasure hunts and
scavenger hunts. The Club’s
activities include a Bugs & Bones
walk, Spekboom planting (thicket
vegetation native to the Eastern
Cape) and fishing.
Families can also participate
in Kwandwe’s Voluntourism
activities through the reserve’s
Ubunye Foundation, which works
with communities living on and
surrounding the reserve. The
activities are tailored according to
individual and family interests and
skill sets.
There are two sole-use villas,
Uplands Homestead and Melton
Manor, which are ideal for families.
A private ranger, tracker and safari
vehicle, and a private chef for tailormade
meals are on hand to look
after guests. By next year, three
of the six Ecca Lodge suites on
the reserve will be family suites,
accommodating parents and two
children.
The reserve comprises 22 rooms
split between four small lodges and
22 000 hectares of wilderness that
is home to the Big Five and other
smaller species. Safari activities
include game drives, bush walks,
picnics and boat excursions.