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If a wildlife experience is on your agenda while visiting Cape Town, then there are a few places for you to visit. Cape Town itself is more well known for its beaches, shopping malls, casino, mountain views and whale watching, but there are a few areas around cape town that are perfect for game drives.

Aquila Private Game Reserve

Aquila Private Game Reserve is only a two hour drive away from Cape Town. Aquila has several safari options on offer. So whether you are looking for a horse-back, fly-in or game drive safari, Aquila offers them all.

Aquila has the Big 5, free roaming elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Rhino and rare Mountain Leopard and is also home to Giraffe and Hippo. Large herds of game are found on the Reserve such as Black Wildebeest, Burchell's Zebra, Springbok, Gemsbok, Steenbok, Caracal (lynx), Blesbok, Bat Eared Fox, Ostriches, Klip Springer, Duiker, Greybuck, Baboon, Black Backed Jackal, Eland, Red Hartebeest. So if you are looking for a complete wildlife experience then this game reserve is for you.

Inverdoorn Game Reserve

Inverdoorn is two hours away from Cape Town by car. Inverdoorn is unique thanks to its geographical location, 10,000 hectares in the enormity of the KAROO.

Animals that you are likely to see on your trip would be Kudus, Oryx, Rhinoceros, Giraffes, Buffalo, Black wildebeest, Impalas, Springbucks, Bubals, Elands and all the native Antelopes.

Day Safaris & Night Safaris
A day safari lasts two and a half hours, guaranteeing that you will see the majority of their animals, whilst a night safari are more personalised and elaborate with an original stop at points in the reserve. During the season, you will be able to admire large numbers of pink flamingos nesting at the lakes at Inverdoorn reserve. This is definitely a experience you wont want to miss!

Important Contacts:
Aquila Game Reserve
Aquila is roughly a 90 minute drive from Cape Town and has all the 'big five' African safari animals for you to see.
Inverdoorn Safari Reserve
Inverdoorn is roughly a 2hr drive from Cape Town, but has a world class Safari lodge and game reserve on offer.
African Safari Experts
Safari travel agents who deal with South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia and Kenya.
Ecotourism South Africa
Ecotour travel agents that specialise in Cape Town and South Africa.


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