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 Amakhala Game Reserve

P.O Box 20, Paterson, 6130

Tel: 042 235 1252

Fax: 086 650 2984

Email: tickbird@mweb.co.za

Web Site: www.amakhala.co.za

 

 

Rates:    

Dinner bed and breakfast      R 650-00 pp

All inclusive                         R 950-00 pp

                                        

The all inclusive rates include two game activities per day (game drives & river cruises).

The game drives are guided by experienced rangers in open Land Rovers. Amakhala offers a day safari aimed at providing visitors with an experience of the diverse wildlife and landscape including: The Big 5, Black Wildebeest, Cheetah, Giraffe, Zebra and numerous other antelope. For a change of pace, enjoy bird watching and game spotting walks along the lazy Bushman’s River, a cheese and wine boat cruise or a sundowner’s canoe safari.

Other available activities around Amakhala Game Reserve:

 

Addo Elephant Back Safari - Appreciate nature from an elephant's perspective. Walks and rides from R650;

 

Historical & Battlefields tour – A well-known local historian and story teller exposes some of the haunting accounts and stories of a bloody past;

 

Sheild Tours - Transfers, frontier wars (1779-1878) and battlefield tours of the local region. Day tours in the Port Elizabeth area. The European Migration from the Cape into the Eastern regions of South Africa;

 

Golf at Bushman Sands - This Gary Player signature course is situated within 40 minutes drive of Amakhala and features 18 holes as well as a Health Spa and restaurant facilities.

Walks with the Addo Elephants (www.addoelephantbacksafaris.co.za)

Ride and walk with the elephants through bush, ravines and forest. The walk is not strenuous and at an enjoyable pace. Walks will allow the guests to observe the elephant’s habits in their natural surroundings. Then enjoy the thrill of riding these gentle giants to their favourite waterhole to watch them swim and make the most of the mud. Here you will be able to relax at the waterhole.

Daily options:

9h00 Walk/Ride - Includes the walk, the ride, drinks and snacks
R650.00 per person (Duration 2 hours)

11h00 Walk/Ride - Includes the walk, the ride, drinks and snacks
R650.00 per person (Duration 2 hours)

14h30 Walk/Ride - Includes the walk, the ride, drinks and snacks
R650.00 per person (Duration 2 hours)

17h00 Sundowner - Includes an encounter with the elephants, drinks and snacks
R250.00 per person (Duration 1hour)

 

Alan Weyer ‘Spirits of the past’ historical tours (www.alanweyerstours.co.za)

 

Half-Day Frontier Country Tour 

R475 per person

On the hills surrounding the City of Grahamstown we examine the many peoples and cultures that have influenced the region and the effect that they have had on South African History. This tour is ideal for the traveller who has limited time but would like to get a comprehensive and informative overview of the region

Full-Day Frontier Country Tour 

R775 per person

The morning is spent on the hills surrounding the City of Grahamstown. We examine the many peoples and cultures that have influenced the region and the effect that they have had on South African History.

With this background we head out into the Great Fish River Valley and into the Game reserve complex of Andries Vosloo, Sam Knott and Double Drift. 

Full Day Frontier Country & The Valley of the Ancient Voices  

R775 per person

The morning is spent as with the full day and half -day tour. In the afternoon we head out toward Riebeek East where we have lunch overlooking the valley.

After lunch we take a walk through the valley examining the paintings left by the Bushmen people who occupied this region for thousands of years before the arrival of any outside influences some two thousand years ago.

 

Shield  Tours  (www.shieldtours.co.za)

 

Highlights (One Day Tour) 1-2 persons R120; 3 persons R180.00; 4 person R240; 6 persons R360

Visits to Fort Selwyn and 1820 Settlers Monument; Briefing on Signal Hill ; Short city tour of the;Settler City of Grahamstown ; Battle of Grahamstown ;Typical Settler country ;Rustic Settler village of Bathurst ;Return along the Sunshine Coast

 

Bushman Sands Golf Course (www.bushmansands.com/golf.asp)

 

               The 18-hole championship course has been designed by South African golfing legend, Gary Player. The course follows the banks of the Bushmans and New Years Rivers, resembling the game's earliest "links" courses in Scotland with undulating fairways and pot bunkers.
               Unique features include playing the first stroke over the active railway line, a double green (1600 sq.m) shared by the 2nd and 5th holes, crossing the Bushman’s River and New Year’s River on various holes and finishing with a final drive over a small cemetery in the centre of the fairway. A challenging, yet friendly course, to be enjoyed by all golfers.
               The local community has benefited immensely from the development of the golf course with a number of locals being trained as caddies and golf course assistants. Facilities include a halfway house, pro-shop and gents and ladies locker rooms each with showers and a steam room.

               Green fees range from R140 to R300