A Rocky Wonderland
THIS 24 000-ha tract of wild country provides the traveler with a first hand wilderness experience, where the emphasis is on nature, rather than focusing on game-viewing.
However, one of Lapalala's objectives is the breeding of rare and endangered game, and was the first private conservation area to acquire black rhino. It is also home to the rare roan and sable antelope, white rhino, giraffe, gemsbok, kudu, wildebeest, hartebeest and hippo.
Named after the river which flows through the reserve, this is also home to 275 bird species, including several important raptors, such as the black and martial eagles and the African hawk. Game drives are in open vehicle, but self-guided walks also allow visitors to explore their surroundings.
Makweti Safari Lodge is within the Welgevonden Game Reserve, where visitors enjoy game drives in open vehicles or learn to read the signs of the bush on walks with trained specialists, is pure luxury in the heart of the African bush. Small, intimate and housing antique African art, the lodge is architecturally in synthesis and harmony with rock formations of the craggy Waterberg Mountains.
One of the ancestral hunting grounds of the late stone-age San people, the region is home to rhino, lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, zebra and antelope.
