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BEACH HOLIDAYS
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Tarkuni Homestead at Tswalu Kalahari Private Game Reserve has five luxurious suites, each with a magnificent en-suite bathroom, and can accommodate up to 10 guests. Tswalu Tarkuni Lodge Kalahari has its own dedicated team, including a host and private chef to ensure a completely personal service. A private vehicle, personal field guide, and tracker ensure an equally bespoke safari experience.
Tarkuni Homestead at Tswalu Kalahari Private Game Reserve has five luxurious suites, each with a magnificent en-suite bathroom, and can accommodate up to 10 guests. Tswalu Tarkuni Lodge Kalahari has its own dedicated team, including a host and private chef to ensure a completely personal service. A private vehicle, personal field guide, and tracker ensure an equally bespoke safari experience.
The wide, open spaces of South Africa’s largest, privately owned reserve have long drawn travelers seeking a deeply layered, immersive safari. Exclusive access to this wilderness is a privilege that far outweighs more conventional notions of luxury. From the ancient quartzite Korannaberg mountains to the southern Kalahari’s grassy, red sand dunes rippling away to the horizon, Tswalu offers what discerning travelers crave most - space and time. The remote reaches of the reserve may be explored on drives, walks, or on horseback, always with opportunities to stop and appreciate the solitude and silence. This is a place to recalibrate and reconnect, both with nature and yourself.
With a guaranteed private vehicle, guide and tracker come the freedom and flexibility to choose where to go and what to see. Nothing is dictated, the only schedule is your own, and days on the reserve unfold at your own pace depending on your interests and the time of year. For keen photographers, in particular, a private vehicle means unlimited time at sightings, which may include some of the elusive species that find sanctuary at Tswalu, such as aardvark, pangolin, bat-eared fox, brown hyena, and aardwolf. Other iconic species include the black-maned Kalahari lion, the desert black rhino, wild dog, oryx, and cheetah. Throughout the year there are special sightings and transformations to the landscape influenced by seasonal changes and the amount of rainfall. Spending time at one of the habituated meerkat colonies is often a highlight of any stay.
Tswalu has the lowest guest footprint in South Africa. Whether you choose the private Tarkuni homestead for a multigenerational family reunion or one of the nine, spacious Motse legae (the Tswana word for ‘dwelling’), everything about your stay is considered and arranged with the individual in mind. Exclusivity extends to private dining. Delicious, tailored menus, using locally sourced produce with a strong sense of place, may be served in your suite or outdoors at a private table under the bluest of skies or a canopy of stars. Privacy, exclusivity, and flexibility have always been central to the Tswalu guest experience. Your time on the reserve is entirely your own, and therein lies the real luxury.
Freedom to explore, whether the unfamiliar or the well-known, will never be taken for granted again. More than ever before, there is a renewed sense of urgency, purpose, and responsibility when it comes to choosing a destination. Tswalu’s low-impact, high-value approach to ecotourism ensures that revenue flows directly back into conservation work. Continuing the conservation work that is at the heart of this noble project has never been more important. Those who choose Tswalu contribute to the sustainability of our commitment to preserving southern Kalahari’s biodiversity for future generations.
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a privately owned game reserve situated in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Spreading over 100 000 hectares, the terrain is characterized by vast grasslands, arid savannahs, and stunning mountains. Visitors will look forward to crimson desert sunsets over the Kalahari, explore the meerkat colonies and find plentiful wildlife including desert-adapted rhino, cheetah, Kalahari lion, brown hyena, buffalo herds, mountain zebra.
Don't skip the opportunity to explore the Corannaberg hills and find the archeological sites of San Rock Art. A variety of popular sports, including game walks, 4×4 trails, horse riding, safaris, and bush walks. Tswalu is not shared with tourists of any concessions or lodges. This ensures that there are no off-limit areas, and you can spend as long as you want on sightings or engage in your own personal desires, whether they are huge or small animals.
South Africa, the southernmost country on the African continent, is characteristic for its varied landscape, breathtaking natural beauty, and cultural diversity, which make it one of the most interesting countries in the world and a favorite destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid in 1994. South Africa has three cities that serve as capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein. Johannesburg is the largest urban area in the country and a center of commerce. Lagos and Cairo are also among its most visited countries.
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