Aquila Private Game Reserve is the closest authentic Big 5 Game Reserve to Cape Town.

Aquila is already home to a large quantity and variety of game in the Western Cape, which includes lion, buffalo, rhino, rare mountain leopard, giraffe, hippo and large herds of black wildebeest, burchell's zebra, springbok, gemsbok, eland, red hartebeest, steenbok, blesbok, ostriches, klip springer, duiker, greybuck, baboon, black backed jackal, caracal (lynx) and bat eared fox.

Aquila is also home to a wide array of bird species that have made the wetlands their home and ancient Khoi San Rock Art can be visited on game drives.

Big 5 close to Cape Town

Aquila is very proud to be the only Reserve in the Western Cape to have reintroduced lion, rhino, buffalo, Cape mountain leopard and now finally the elephant to complete Cape Town’s BIG 5 experience.

Having the Big 5 in the Western Cape will ensure that visitors to our region spend more time in the area and are no longer forced to risk malaria, incur high travel costs and extra travelling time going north for their safari experience.

Aquila is situated on the national flower route and has several hectare of Mountain Protea. The land can be divided into three separate biomes - fynbos, renosterveldt and succulent Karoo. From July through September the Reserve displays a splendid technicolor carpet of Karoo flowers.

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Accommodation in the Aquila Reserve

Guests at Aquila can enjoy the safari experience in one of the tastefully decorated cottages with all the luxury amenities.

 

• Aquila Safari Lodge