Garden Route Game Lodge
Aug 26th 2003, 1:07 pm
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Garden Route Game Lodge
Hello
I will be travelling to South Africa with my new wife in November and
we would like to do a game drive for a day or 2. We dont want to take
Malaria tablets so we cant go to Kruger and will be spending most of
our time around Cape Town and the Garden Route. Does anyone have any
experience of the Garden Route Game Lodge? on their web site they
claim to have the big 5! We have looked at Shamwari but cannot afford
it. does anyone have any good ideas for viewing game in a natural
environment that is Malaria free?
thanks
David
I will be travelling to South Africa with my new wife in November and
we would like to do a game drive for a day or 2. We dont want to take
Malaria tablets so we cant go to Kruger and will be spending most of
our time around Cape Town and the Garden Route. Does anyone have any
experience of the Garden Route Game Lodge? on their web site they
claim to have the big 5! We have looked at Shamwari but cannot afford
it. does anyone have any good ideas for viewing game in a natural
environment that is Malaria free?
thanks
David
Aug 26th 2003, 2:09 pm
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Re: Garden Route Game Lodge
In nuus:[email protected] om,
tik David Bargna <[email protected]>:
> Hello
> I will be travelling to South Africa with my new wife in November and
> we would like to do a game drive for a day or 2. We dont want to take
> Malaria tablets so we cant go to Kruger and will be spending most of
> our time around Cape Town and the Garden Route. Does anyone have any
> experience of the Garden Route Game Lodge? on their web site they
> claim to have the big 5! We have looked at Shamwari but cannot afford
> it. does anyone have any good ideas for viewing game in a natural
> environment that is Malaria free?
Well, I hope you will enjoy your stay!
I have no experience on the lodge you talk about, but there are a few parks
and things on the Garden rout. Some of them are:
- The Tsitsikamma coastal and forest national park: South Africa's only
marine Park, together with its inland cousin. You can also try the
indigenous forests around Knysna, there are supposed to be elephants in
there, altohugh one hardly sees them. Talking of Elephants...
- The Addo Elephant Park: This park is quite close to Port Elizabeth (on the
edge of the Garden route), and has quite a lof of animals. Started mainly
because of its elephants, of course!
- The bergkwagga (mountain zebra is the closest translation) national park:
This is near Cradock in the Karoo. A bit inland maybe, but worthy a visit
nonetheless. It has a lot of Zebra, lots of types of buck and some of the
smaller predators. No big 5, though...
Hope this helps you with your planning!
Ciao!
Samuel
--
Samuel Kock
Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: http://go.to/skock/bio.htm
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
tik David Bargna <[email protected]>:
> Hello
> I will be travelling to South Africa with my new wife in November and
> we would like to do a game drive for a day or 2. We dont want to take
> Malaria tablets so we cant go to Kruger and will be spending most of
> our time around Cape Town and the Garden Route. Does anyone have any
> experience of the Garden Route Game Lodge? on their web site they
> claim to have the big 5! We have looked at Shamwari but cannot afford
> it. does anyone have any good ideas for viewing game in a natural
> environment that is Malaria free?
Well, I hope you will enjoy your stay!
I have no experience on the lodge you talk about, but there are a few parks
and things on the Garden rout. Some of them are:
- The Tsitsikamma coastal and forest national park: South Africa's only
marine Park, together with its inland cousin. You can also try the
indigenous forests around Knysna, there are supposed to be elephants in
there, altohugh one hardly sees them. Talking of Elephants...
- The Addo Elephant Park: This park is quite close to Port Elizabeth (on the
edge of the Garden route), and has quite a lof of animals. Started mainly
because of its elephants, of course!
- The bergkwagga (mountain zebra is the closest translation) national park:
This is near Cradock in the Karoo. A bit inland maybe, but worthy a visit
nonetheless. It has a lot of Zebra, lots of types of buck and some of the
smaller predators. No big 5, though...
Hope this helps you with your planning!
Ciao!
Samuel
--
Samuel Kock
Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: http://go.to/skock/bio.htm
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
Aug 26th 2003, 8:21 pm
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Re: Garden Route Game Lodge
On 26 Aug 2003 06:07:58 -0700, [email protected] (David
Bargna) wrote:
>Hello
>I will be travelling to South Africa with my new wife in November and
>we would like to do a game drive for a day or 2. We dont want to take
>Malaria tablets so we cant go to Kruger and will be spending most of
>our time around Cape Town and the Garden Route. Does anyone have any
>experience of the Garden Route Game Lodge? on their web site they
>claim to have the big 5! We have looked at Shamwari but cannot afford
>it. does anyone have any good ideas for viewing game in a natural
>environment that is Malaria free?
>thanks
>David
Hi David.
I've only just recently heard about the Garden Route Game Lodge as
well so I can't vouch for it. It's in the Albertinia area as you
approach the Garden Route from the direction of Cape Town so perhaps
it's worth taking a look while you're in the area.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/albertinia.asp for a bit more
about Albertinia.
To add to what Samuel Kock said in his reply, the Tsitsikamma National
Park is worth a visit while you're in the Garden Route. Tree-top
canopy tours, abseiling and river tubing, walks and hiking trails such
as the Otter Trail are also in Tsitsikamma NP.
Also in the Tsitsikamma area is the world's highest bungee jump at
Bloukrans bridge.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/s...sitsikamma.asp for
more about Tsitsikamma.
At Knysna you'll also find a host of things to do and see such as the
Featherbed nature reserve, Millwood ruins and many walks and trails in
the surrounding forests. And lots of oysters too.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/knysna.asp for more about
Knysna.
Plettenberg Bay is another tourist favourite in the Garden Route,
there's an elephant park somewhere in the Plett area as well as
Buffalo Hills Game Farm and Rhino Base Camp.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/plett.asp for more about Plett
as we call it.
Plett is about 230 Kms from Port Elizabeth mentioned by Samuel. The
"Friendly City" is a nice place to go to, I used to live there years
ago and sometimes still wonder why I left! If you like sailing,
surfing, windsurfing, swimming, diving etc. then PE should be on your
itinerary.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/portelizabeth.asp for more
about PE as we call it.
Addo Elephant National Park mentioned by Samuel is about 73 Kms from
PE. See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/addo.asp for more about
Addo.
A few nights ago on the news it was mentioned that a few lions have
been re-introduced at Addo. At the moment they're still in an
enclosure in order to get used to the area but they'll be set free
soon. Addo will then be a Big 5 reserve too.
The Mountain Zebra National Park is near Cradock which is about 250
Kms from PE via the N2 and then the N10. I've seen several reports
that game viewing is quite good there as it is relatively speaking a
small reserve and game is more concentrated and easier to find.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/cradock.asp and
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/mountainzebra.asp for a bit more
information.
Hope this helps - enjoy your visit!
If you do visit the Garden Route Game Lodge at Albertinia a bit of
feedback would be appreciated!
Cheers.
Daniél Palm - South Africa
Disability is not inability
http://www.lando.co.za/pdp
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/
Bargna) wrote:
>Hello
>I will be travelling to South Africa with my new wife in November and
>we would like to do a game drive for a day or 2. We dont want to take
>Malaria tablets so we cant go to Kruger and will be spending most of
>our time around Cape Town and the Garden Route. Does anyone have any
>experience of the Garden Route Game Lodge? on their web site they
>claim to have the big 5! We have looked at Shamwari but cannot afford
>it. does anyone have any good ideas for viewing game in a natural
>environment that is Malaria free?
>thanks
>David
Hi David.
I've only just recently heard about the Garden Route Game Lodge as
well so I can't vouch for it. It's in the Albertinia area as you
approach the Garden Route from the direction of Cape Town so perhaps
it's worth taking a look while you're in the area.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/albertinia.asp for a bit more
about Albertinia.
To add to what Samuel Kock said in his reply, the Tsitsikamma National
Park is worth a visit while you're in the Garden Route. Tree-top
canopy tours, abseiling and river tubing, walks and hiking trails such
as the Otter Trail are also in Tsitsikamma NP.
Also in the Tsitsikamma area is the world's highest bungee jump at
Bloukrans bridge.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/s...sitsikamma.asp for
more about Tsitsikamma.
At Knysna you'll also find a host of things to do and see such as the
Featherbed nature reserve, Millwood ruins and many walks and trails in
the surrounding forests. And lots of oysters too.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/knysna.asp for more about
Knysna.
Plettenberg Bay is another tourist favourite in the Garden Route,
there's an elephant park somewhere in the Plett area as well as
Buffalo Hills Game Farm and Rhino Base Camp.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/plett.asp for more about Plett
as we call it.
Plett is about 230 Kms from Port Elizabeth mentioned by Samuel. The
"Friendly City" is a nice place to go to, I used to live there years
ago and sometimes still wonder why I left! If you like sailing,
surfing, windsurfing, swimming, diving etc. then PE should be on your
itinerary.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/portelizabeth.asp for more
about PE as we call it.
Addo Elephant National Park mentioned by Samuel is about 73 Kms from
PE. See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/addo.asp for more about
Addo.
A few nights ago on the news it was mentioned that a few lions have
been re-introduced at Addo. At the moment they're still in an
enclosure in order to get used to the area but they'll be set free
soon. Addo will then be a Big 5 reserve too.
The Mountain Zebra National Park is near Cradock which is about 250
Kms from PE via the N2 and then the N10. I've seen several reports
that game viewing is quite good there as it is relatively speaking a
small reserve and game is more concentrated and easier to find.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/cradock.asp and
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/mountainzebra.asp for a bit more
information.
Hope this helps - enjoy your visit!
If you do visit the Garden Route Game Lodge at Albertinia a bit of
feedback would be appreciated!
Cheers.
Daniél Palm - South Africa
Disability is not inability
http://www.lando.co.za/pdp
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/
Aug 26th 2003, 11:28 pm
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Re: Garden Route Game Lodge
On 26 Aug 2003 06:07:58 -0700, [email protected] (David
Bargna) wrote:
snip
PS to my previous post:
Double Drift game reserve in the Grahamstown area north of Port
Elizabeth is also said to be worthwhile.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/doubledrift.asp for more.
Also in the Addo area near Port Elizabeth is Kariega game reserve, see
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/kariega.asp for more info.
Amakhala game reserve is also in that area but at this stage I don't
have any information available.
On that website you'll find more about other places in the Eastern
Cape under Explore > Eastern Cape in the menu. The Garden Route is
under Explore > Western Cape > Garden Route in the menu.
I notice you'll be going to Cape Town as well, there's a whole lot
about Cape Town under Explore > Western Cape > Cape Town in the menu
as well. Or see http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/capetown.asp for a
summary and links to Cape Town's many attractions.
Besides Robben Island, try to fit in a visit to District Six and the
District Six Museum. It's a stone's throw from central Cape Town and
much of the area is still empty as result of apartheid's Group Areas
Act. See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/ct-museums.asp#5 for more
about District Six Museum.
And while I'm overloading you with info :>)) also go to Paarl or
Stellenbosch or definitely Franschhoek in the Winelands, they're all
fairly close to Cape Town and it's a lovely drive to Franschhoek via
Stellenbosch or even Paarl. See Explore > Western Cape > Winelands in
the menu of my website.
You'll be here in November which is a good time for whale watching.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/whales.asp for more about what
species you'll see here and where you'll find them. There are quite a
few good sites along the Cape Peninsula shoreline.
Cheers.
Daniél Palm - South Africa
Disability is not inability
http://www.lando.co.za/pdp
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/
Bargna) wrote:
snip
PS to my previous post:
Double Drift game reserve in the Grahamstown area north of Port
Elizabeth is also said to be worthwhile.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/doubledrift.asp for more.
Also in the Addo area near Port Elizabeth is Kariega game reserve, see
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/kariega.asp for more info.
Amakhala game reserve is also in that area but at this stage I don't
have any information available.
On that website you'll find more about other places in the Eastern
Cape under Explore > Eastern Cape in the menu. The Garden Route is
under Explore > Western Cape > Garden Route in the menu.
I notice you'll be going to Cape Town as well, there's a whole lot
about Cape Town under Explore > Western Cape > Cape Town in the menu
as well. Or see http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/capetown.asp for a
summary and links to Cape Town's many attractions.
Besides Robben Island, try to fit in a visit to District Six and the
District Six Museum. It's a stone's throw from central Cape Town and
much of the area is still empty as result of apartheid's Group Areas
Act. See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/ct-museums.asp#5 for more
about District Six Museum.
And while I'm overloading you with info :>)) also go to Paarl or
Stellenbosch or definitely Franschhoek in the Winelands, they're all
fairly close to Cape Town and it's a lovely drive to Franschhoek via
Stellenbosch or even Paarl. See Explore > Western Cape > Winelands in
the menu of my website.
You'll be here in November which is a good time for whale watching.
See http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/whales.asp for more about what
species you'll see here and where you'll find them. There are quite a
few good sites along the Cape Peninsula shoreline.
Cheers.
Daniél Palm - South Africa
Disability is not inability
http://www.lando.co.za/pdp
http://www.southafricaguides.co.za/
