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About Pictures Rates Room Facilities Property Amenities Contact Us     ABOUT   The Big 5 and malaria free Gondwana Game Reserve is situated in the heart of the Garden Route in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Gondwana Game Reserve is one of those big 5 safari lodges that will stir your senses. This beautiful, big 5 safari reserve is also set in the malaria free Garden Route of South Africa. Set on 11 000ha, Gondwana Game Reserve holds the distinction of being the only Fynbos reserve in the world with free roaming big 5 game as well as endangered species like the Cape Mountain Zebra, Black Rhino and Black Harrier amongst others. The breathtaking beauty of the Big 5 safari Gondwana Game Reserve will sooth and delight you with its endless mountain views and green rolling hills blanketed in colourful fynbos. The Gondwana Game Reserve is accessibly situated 25 minutes outside the charming coastal town of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route of South Africa. This big 5 safari game reserve is also just a mere 4 hour drive from Cape Town. The Gondwana Game Reserve shares the Garden Route area’s idyllic climate (second most moderate in the world) and is a malaria free area. This offers you prime year round big 5 safari game viewing. The owners of Gondwana Game Reserve, Mark and Wendy Rutherfoord, started this game reserve 6 years ago by transforming a series of cattle and sheep farms into this luxury safari destination. The terrain, restored to it’s natural beauty, consists of open grassland, undulating valleys, indigenous fynbos and now also herds of wildlife.   Gondwana Game Reserve provides the perfect Big 5 safari break for local Cape Town and overseas visitors alike. This malaria free, big 5 game reserve is less than 4 hours drive away along South Africa’s popular Garden Route. Here you can have an exclusive Big 5 wilderness experience. This exclusive reserve offers guests attentive service, superb cuisine, expert game rangers, walking and horseback safaris. World class tourist facilities and attractions on Gondwana’s doorstep include championship golf courses at Pinnacle Point, Pezula, Oubaai and Fancourt, great swimming beaches and the attractive coastal towns of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay.   Accommodation at the big 5 Gondwana Game Reserve also includes the established Fynbos Camp Villas, which opened in December 2008. Ten superior rooms and 10 unbelievably spacious deluxe suites feature wraparound valley and mountain views. A highlight of any stay at Gondwana is in-suite dining with a private chef. The Villas are perfect for families and groups of friends looking for more space and privacy. For the ultimate in luxury safari, the villas at Gondwana Game Reserve can be privately staffed with your very own ranger, chef and butler to cater to your every whim. The Gondwana Villas can also be utilized on a luxury self catering basis with a la carte meals and game drives available for those who want a longer stay and the flexibility to enjoy the surrounding Garden Route area. The Kwena Huts offer you fourteen luxuriously appointed private suites. These huts on the Gondwana Reserve feature skylight ceilings and 180-degrees views of the breathtaking valley. The new Kwena huts are a modern and luxurious twist on the traditional Khoi-San dwelling. Guests at the big 5, malaria free Gondwana Game Reserve are treated to surprise bush breakfasts, romantic picnics, evening barbeques and scenic sundowner spots. The new Kwena Huts was christened with a festive 60 person private birthday party in late May 2010.   Guests at the malaria free, big 5 Gondwana Game Reserve on the Garden Route of South Africa are offered an assortment of inclusive activities, from horseback and walking safaris to fishing and mountain biking in a fenced 1 000ha protected area. Family itineraries include a junior ranger program. Guests to Gondwana can also enjoy informative Fynbos walks with local experts and discover endemic birdlife that occurs nowhere else in the world, such as the Black Harrier and the Orange Breasted Sunbird. Stone Age sites are found throughout the Gondwana Game Reserve with hand tools and other artefacts.   Lehele Lodge, with its cool organic style and warm African flavours, is ideal for high end corporate getaways and private functions including product launches and weddings. Lehele Lodge comprises an inter connective lounge, bar, library and dining area with conference facilities. The outdoor areas including an infinity pool, boma deck area (which has been nicknamed “the party pit”) and ample outdoor seating for meals and sundowners. The interactive media library has Apple Mac flat screens for internet use.   The reserve is named after “Gondwanaland”; the original landmass that existed 120 million years ago from which Africa was formed. The Outeniqua and Swartberg Mountain ranges that surround Gondwana are the best visible evidence of the former Gondwanaland after the continent split to how we know it today. Gondwana’s goal is to continue to expand its total conservation area to provide the Western Cape with a large eco-tourism destination for the promotion of indigenous flora and fauna as well as the rehabilitation of wetland areas currently under threat from invasive alien species. In developing the Gondwana Game Reserve, every attempt was made to reduce the potential impact on the environment. Gondwana’s water supply is completely self sufficient.   Looking forward to your stay ... click HERE to book now with Gondwana Big 5 Game Reserve!       PICTURES Click on the images to enlarge Lodge Exterior Suite Bedroom Superior Bedroom       Gondwana Suite Gondwana Suite   Gondwana Suite       Gondwana Suite Lehele at Night Lehele Deck       Kwena Huts Game Drives Wildlife       Fynbos    Bush Dinner   Sundowners    RATES   1 November 2010 to 30 April 2011   Superior Double Suites from R3950 per person sharing per night. Deluxe Suites from R4550 per person sharing per night. Kwena Huts from R3950 per person sharing per night. Single rates on request. 1 May 2011 to 31 October 2011 Superior Double Suites from R3350 per person sharing per night. Deluxe Suites from R3950 per person sharing per night. Kwena Huts from R3350 per person sharing per night. Single rates on request.   Above Rates Include: • Accommodation • All Meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) • All Local Beverages • 2 x Game Drives • Drinks and Snacks on game drives • Vat Private Bush Villa Rates Per Night   2 Bed 3 Bed 4 Bed Private Bush Villas (Incl. Game Drives) R5800 R7200 R9600 Private Bush Villa R4200 R5300 R6600 Above Rates Include • Accommodation • 1 x Game drive per day at reduced rates • Daily Service of the lodge • VAT Excluded are any meals, game drives, horse safaris and nearby activities such as golf. Day Visitor Rates   Adults  Child U/12 Morning game drive / horse riding incl. Lunch + local drinks R895pp R456pp Morning game drive / horse riding incl. Breakfast R795pp R398pp Day game drive / horse riding with snacks + local drinks R695pp R348pp Afternoon game drive/horse riding incl. Dinner + local drinks R995pp R516pp       ROOM  FACILITIES • Spacious bathrooms with deep bath, walk in shower and double sinks • King Size beds • Twin beds on request • Fireplace • Deck • Mini bar • Safe • Telephone • Internet       PROPERTY AMENITIES • Large Pool • Spa treatment suite • Open plan lounge and bar • Open fireplaces • Outdoor boma • Big 5 safari • Reception area • Curio shop • Library • Conference venue • Wedding venue • Junior ranger programme • Fishing • Bush picnics       CONTACT US   Name & Surname : * Email Address : * Confirm Email Address : * Telephone Number: (with international dialling codes) * Mobile Number: (with international dialling codes)  Fax Number: (with international dialling codes)  Arrival: day 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 month 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 year 2011 2012 2013 2014 Departure: day 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 month 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 year 2011 2012 2013 2014 Number of adults: Number of children: (with ages)  Country of origin: Click to select Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, The Democratic Republic of The Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D'ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Saipan Same country as source Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe   Do you need car hire? 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