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Kapama Game Reserve
Kapama Buffalo Camp 
Reminiscent of a traditional African safari camp, Kapama Buffalo Camp offers a unique and intimate experience in the African bush. It is ideal for discovering big game Africa in true safari tented style without compromising on comfort.
Eight luxury canvas tents, each sleeping two, are set on wooden decks built on stilts over a steep-sided riverbank. Wooden walkways interconnect the rooms, which are all in the upper reaches of tall riverine trees. The river below rarely flows and antelopes are seen daily walking along the sandy riverbed. Each tented room has all the usual comforts of electricity, en-suite bathroom, safe, writing table, wardrobe, suitcase stand and tea/coffee facilities.
The communal areas of Buffalo Camp are on the riverbank, where gardens of succulent aloes and euphorbia are tended around the thatched bar, dining room, pool terrace and campfire. But the thick African bush is just a glance away, inhabited by animals like lion, hyena and jackal whose calls can be heard in the dead of night. Lanterns, rather than electric lights, glow at night under the trees, creating a special intimate ambience particular to Buffalo Camp.
With a maximum of 16 guests at Buffalo Camp, special attention is paid to personal service and the staff become like friends. Kapama Buffalo Camp is a truly authentic way to experience the African bush.
Room Descriptions
Kapama Buffalo Camp has eight safari tents, upholding the best traditions of a luxury safari camp. They are set on stilts high amongst the treetops overlooking a seasonal riverbed. The branches of bush willows and leadwood trees crowd towards your balcony, and as you scan the treetops, you might well look straight into the face of a vervet monkey staring right back at you. Raised wooden walkways connect the tented safari rooms and lead to the main lodge on the riverbank.
The wooden-floored tented rooms feature twin beds with white linen and African design bedspreads. Fleecy throws and heated under blankets keep out the cold on winter nights. Like any other luxury bedroom, Buffalo Camp suites have an en-suite bathroom with shower and a dressing room with wardrobe and suitcase stand. Leather finishes and a stand-alone fan give the decor an old African touch.
Inclusions / Exclusions
Rates Include:
Accommodation, three meals per day, all teas and coffees, two daily game drives, one night drive, bush walks (on request), return road transfers between your camp and Eastgate Airport and a complimentary visit to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre.
Rates Exclude:
Telephone calls, shop purchases, personal bar account, clay pigeon shooting, elephant back safari experience, river boat cruise / fishing and any other charges incurred.
Transfers from Hoedspruit Airport offered by Kapama Lodge:
Complimentary road transfers between Kapama and Hoedspruit Airport
Extra information
Activities
Kapama Game Reserve is so well positioned, not too far from habitation but still deep in the bush, enabling us to offer a truly superior range of activities. Two game drives per day and an optional bush walk is included in the all-inclusive Kapama safari package. All other activities are not included and will charged as extras.
Here’s a quick guide to what’s on offer, then read on for all the exciting details of each option:
Game Drives and Bush Walks
Two game drives per day and an optional bush walk are included in the safari package price
Romantic Sleepout
Nothing can top the experience of sleeping with your loved one on a high platform deep in the African bush, on a bed of white linen surrounded by lanterns and billowing mosquito netting. A luxurious bathroom with flush toilet is below you.
Kapama Body & Skin Treatments
The new Kapama Wellness Centre will be open in 2008 with 17-metre lap pool, gym, steam room and four luxurious treatment rooms. For now a full range of Matisse body and skin treatments are offered.
Hot Air Ballooning
Let the wind drift you towards the Drakensberg Mountains or across the game reserve to spot game from the air
Elephant Back Safari
This is exclusive to Kapama guests and offers a truly unforgettable wildlife experience. There are 12 fully trained elephants, which were relocated from Zimbabwe where their safety was in jeopardy. Guests are seated on comfortable canvass-covered saddles positioned behind an experienced elephant handler.
Kapama Thulumahashe Children’s Home
Let Africa touch your very soul with a visit to this rural children’s home where abandoned children are looked after with some help from Kapama.
Hoedspruit Centre for Endangered Species
See rescued cheetah and other animals to be rehabilitated at close range and learn all about them at this unique conservation establishment
Private Dining
Celebrate a special occasion with a private bush dinner.
Golf at Hans Merenski Championship Course
Where wildlife roam about the fairways.
