Shamwari Private Game Lodge

Category: Golf Holiday South Africa

Shamwari Private Game Reserve is home to Africa’s Big 5, is malaria free and is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

This reserve has received numerous international awards, including the World’s Leading Conservation Company and Game Reserve for many consecutive years.

It is situated in verdant bush along the Bushmans River, halfway between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, a pleasant drive from Cape Town and forms a natural extension to the famous Garden Route.

Luxury safari accommodation is offered in 7 different lodges on this private game reserve. Choose a lodge that compliments your ideal African experience.

Shamwari is about conserving a vanishing way of life and is the realisation of one mans dream, and the success of many peoples passion.

Steeped in pioneer history, and dating back to the time when a multitude of game roamed wild and free, the 25 000 hectare reserve boasts five eco-systems, thus enabling the support of many forms of plant, animal and bird life.

Accommodation

Long Lee Manor
Refined elegance from a bygone era. Gracious living and the ultimate family lodge. A distinctive Colonial experience.

Bushman River Lodge

An intimate home from home atmosphere that is a welcoming reminder of true South African hospitality.

Riverdene
Elegance in the wilderness. A Colonial African experience in a restored settlers lodge.

Bayethe & Bayethe Hills Tented Camp
Tented luxury and Riverine privacy where you are greeted Bayethe Nkosi I salute you great one.

Lobengula Lodge
Traditional African elegance in ethnic thatched surrounds. A tranquil, luxurious and exclusive getaway deep in the valley bushveld.

Eagles Crag
Ultimate Luxury personified where eagles soar overhead. Exclusivity, privacy and serenity for the most discerning of travellers.

Sarili Lodge
An environmentally friendly private African thatch designed villa with a spacious deck overlooking the Bushmans River with expansive views of the plains, the lodge is positioned in the southern region of the Reserve. The decor emulates an old traditional farmhouse with interiors that reflect an easy living home lifestyle in a natural environment.

Spa and Wellness

Awaken your senses and allow us to rejuvenate body, mind and soul. Inspired by surrounding nature and elements that guide us, our selection of body and beauty treatments cater for both men and women.

As a Mantis Collection Spa member, we strive for quality, excellence and distinction in all we do. Our luxury spas are situated at Long Lee Manor, Eagles Crag Lodge and Lobengula Lodge. Spa treatments can be arranged for guests staying at Riverdene Lodge, Bushmans River Lodge and Bayethe Lodge.

• Eagles Crag Spa has 2 Treatments Rooms, a Hydro Bath, Sauna and Steam Bath
• Lobengula Spa has 2 Treatment Rooms, a Steam Room and Sauna
• Long Lee Manor Spa has 2 treatment Rooms, a Steam room and outdoor Jacuzzi

Conferencing

Conference Venue: “The Barn” at Longlee Manor

Capacity: 42 Delegates

The centre is fully air-conditioned and secretarial services are available.

Standard Equipment
• TV and VHS VCR
• Flipchart
• Overhead Projector
• Screen
• Other equipment requirements can be arranged at an additional charge. Additionally, we can arrange Game Drives

Additional Services

When you visit Shamwari Game Reserve, we would want you to have the ‘safari of a lifetime’. We will assign a personal game ranger to your group of 6. Your game ranger and lodge manager will design your daily program with you.

We want you to experience, learn and enjoy the very best that African wildlife viewing can offer. To achieve this goal, we have brought together the best that the area has to offer. There is great game viewing, in modern open game viewing vehicles that have been especially converted to maximise comfort and viewing potential. Your personal game ranger will provide insightful and valuable information about the fauna and flora.

In between game drives your time is filled with relaxing, reading, spa treatments, swimming, enjoying delicious cuisine, a game walk, or a visit to one of the two Born Free Big Cat Sanctuary.

Wilderness trails
This adventurous experience takes place in the Wilderness, the highest form of conservation category an area can achieve, and is defined by the World Conservation Union as a large area of unmodified or slightly modified land which retains its natural character and influence and which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural condition.

Shamwari has set aside 16% of their land, over 3000 hectares (7500 acres) as a wilderness area. Guests are accompanied by a qualified trail guide while backpacking through an area where no human interference or permanent structures are permitted and all trails practice minimum impact camping. Camping is kept simple in open bush and the focus of the trail is a more holistic nature experience than a Big 5 viewing walk.

Born Free Foundation

The Born Free Foundation is at the forefront of drawing the public’s attention to the plight of wild animals confined in impoverished captive environments and promoting through education and public awareness, a humane agenda.

It is the mission of both The Born Free Foundation and Shamwari Game Reserve to promote the conservation of species and the protection of habitat while maintaining a humane and compassionate approach to the welfare of animals.

In partnership with actress/conservationist Virginia McKenna’s Born Free Foundation, Shamwari Game Reserve designed the Born Free Foundation Animal Rescue and Education Centre to incorporate a museum and educational facility whose goal is to create an awareness of the horrific way in which wildlife is exploited in captivity around the world.

Over the years the Born Free Foundation has been able to rescue several big cats from situations where they are in serious danger and provide them with excellent life time care. Guests at Shamwari are able to see some of these rescued animals at the Born Free Foundation Animal Rescue and Education Centre.