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KAINGO GAME RESERVE

Limpopo, Private Game Reserve

Kaingo Game Reserve, situated in the Waterberg, is an authentic bushveld retreat offering an exclusive and personal safari experience.

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Kaingo, an authentic Game Reserve in Limpopo Province, is situated along the banks of the Mokolo River in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve. This beautiful game reserve offers a truly unique combination of excellent wildlife viewing in unsurpassed scenery and is an ideal location to experience a safari in South Africa.

The Reserve is easily accessible and approximately three hour’s drive from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg or Pretoria.

Kaingo offers exclusive and personal safari experiences for both local and international travellers.

ACCOMMODATION

Kaingo’s 12 authentic safari rooms can accommodate 24 people. Each air-conditioned room is equipped with tea and coffee making facilities, an electronic safe, a mini bar fridge and hairdryer. The rooms also offer a choice of satellite television channels.

Accommodation options at Elephant Lodge includes Leopard House. This unit is ideal for families or those seeking added privacy. It has two en-suite bedrooms together with a lounge and dining area with walls adorned with original works of art. A private outside patio area features a plunge pool, thatched lapa and fire pit area where meals and quality time can be enjoyed in privacy, if so preferred.

Elephant Lodge Suites:

The 12 suites are set in a large natural garden that blends into the surrounding bush veld savanna landscape. The garden paths connect the suites to each other and the main lodge area.

Each en-suite room has an African wildlife theme and can accommodate two people, in either a double or twin beds dressed in white linen and African throws. There’s air conditioning for summer and heated under-blankets to keep the cold at bay on winter nights. Everything and more than you’d expect in a luxury safari lodge including a well-stocked minibar, Nespresso coffee machine and lock-up safe. Earthy colours, leather and dark wood finishes give the suites an understated elegance.

For families there are side by side interleading en-suite rooms for a memorable holiday.

Leopard House:

Leopard House is ideal for families or those seeking added privacy and exclusivity. It has two en-suite bedrooms, together with a lounge and dining area, and walls adorned with original works of art. A private outside patio area features a plunge pool, thatched lapa and fire pit area where meals and quality time can be enjoyed in privacy, if so preferred. Everything you’d expect in a luxury safari house is here. Earthy colours, leather and dark wood finishes give this unit a nostalgic air.

ACTIVITIES

This beautiful game reserve offers nature based activities such as birding, boating, elephant tracking, fishing, game drives, hiking, star gazing, rock art tours, picnicking, swimming, botanical walks and drives.

Highly qualified guides have extensive experience in Big 5 reserves and will ensure that your safari experience is unsurpassed.

CUISINE

A choice of English or Continental Breakfast is available daily, light meals are served all day, and scrumptious dinners offer a wide variety of meals from exotic game meats, roasts, barbecues, stir-fries, Indian cuisine, or vegetarian dishes. Guests are welcome to enjoy a casual meal on the deck,

pool side, or in your room.

The wine and beverage selection offers the best from South African wine estates, or one can enjoy freshly ground coffees, hot chocolate or a cappuccino at the coffee bar.

CONFERENCES

Kaingo is conveniently located for conferences near Gauteng, ensuring its popularity not only as a conference venue, but also as an ideal incentive group destination.

Excellent service, in a spectacular bush setting go together to create a unique location for any executive conference.

The conference facility caters for conferences up to 12 guests and offers total exclusivity for any conference or meeting.

CHILDREN

Children are welcome at Kaingo and a range of activities have been specially designed around their needs, allowing you to spend quality time with your family, while we take care of everything.

Please note that children under the age of six years of age will not be permitted on a standard game drive. A separate, shorter duration game drive for children under the age of six years of age can be arranged, out of standard game drive viewing times.

WILDLIFE, BIRDLIFE & FLORA

The reserve boasts a large variety of sought after game including leopard, lion, hyena, elephant and buffalo, while other naturally occurring wildlife species such as giraffe, kudu, zebra, wildebeest and impala roam the open plains.

There are a host of other wildlife, many of which are to be seen at night, with honey badger, aardvark, pangolin, caracal, and porcupine often spotted on a regular basis.

Crocodile and the occasional hippo frequent the river and the dam, which also are home to a variety of fresh water fish including kurper, barb, yellow-fish, catfish, tilapia and bass.

Birdlife is prolific and the Reserve is a bird watcher’s paradise with a variety of eagles, nightjars, sunbirds, flycatchers, bee-eaters, shrikes, starling, hoopoe, kingfishers, storks amongst other. There is a rare opportunity of spotting the elusive Narina Trogon, Osprey and nesting Black Storks.

The Reserve is extremely rich in history, with many San and Pedi (Northern Sotho) rock art sites dating

back to the dawn of man.

Kaingo has created various Botanical Routes, where guests can either walk or be driven, by an experienced field guide, to view some of the magnificent floral species that are found in the Reserve.

The Waterberg, or Thaba Metsi in siPedi (the local Northern Sotho dialect), is a mountainous massif of approximately 14,500 square kilometer's situated in the northern Limpopo Province, South Africa, and is the first region in the northern part of South Africa to be named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.

The ecosystem can be characterised as a dry deciduous forest or Bushveld. Within the Waterberg there are archaeological finds dating to the Stone Age.

LOCATION & ACCESS

The Reserve is easily accessible and approximately three hour’s drive from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg or Pretoria. It is less than an hour’s flight to a fully fenced grassed airstrip.

Gate GPS Co-ordinates:

24.06.49,13S

27.48.39,75E

Please note: All photos Copyright Kaingo Game Reserve

The Reserve is easily accessible and approximately three hour’s drive from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg or Pretoria.

Kaingo offers exclusive and personal safari experiences for both local and international travellers.

ACCOMMODATION

Elephant Lodge Suites:

The 12 suites are set in a large natural garden that blends into the surrounding bush veld savanna landscape. The garden paths connect the suites to each other and the main lodge area.

For families there are side by side interleading en-suite rooms for a memorable holiday.

Leopard House:

ACTIVITIES

Highly qualified guides have extensive experience in Big 5 reserves and will ensure that your safari experience is unsurpassed.

CUISINE

pool side, or in your room.

The wine and beverage selection offers the best from South African wine estates, or one can enjoy freshly ground coffees, hot chocolate or a cappuccino at the coffee bar.

CONFERENCES

Kaingo is conveniently located for conferences near Gauteng, ensuring its popularity not only as a conference venue, but also as an ideal incentive group destination.

Excellent service, in a spectacular bush setting go together to create a unique location for any executive conference.

The conference facility caters for conferences up to 12 guests and offers total exclusivity for any conference or meeting.

CHILDREN

Children are welcome at Kaingo and a range of activities have been specially designed around their needs, allowing you to spend quality time with your family, while we take care of everything.

WILDLIFE, BIRDLIFE & FLORA

There are a host of other wildlife, many of which are to be seen at night, with honey badger, aardvark, pangolin, caracal, and porcupine often spotted on a regular basis.

Crocodile and the occasional hippo frequent the river and the dam, which also are home to a variety of fresh water fish including kurper, barb, yellow-fish, catfish, tilapia and bass.

The Reserve is extremely rich in history, with many San and Pedi (Northern Sotho) rock art sites dating

back to the dawn of man.

Kaingo has created various Botanical Routes, where guests can either walk or be driven, by an experienced field guide, to view some of the magnificent floral species that are found in the Reserve.

The ecosystem can be characterised as a dry deciduous forest or Bushveld. Within the Waterberg there are archaeological finds dating to the Stone Age.

LOCATION & ACCESS

Gate GPS Co-ordinates:

24.06.49,13S

27.48.39,75E

Please note: All photos Copyright Kaingo Game Reserve

Air Conditioning

Airstrip nearby

Bar area

Boma

Business Facilities

Child Friendly

Conference Facilities

Dining Room

Fully Catered

Hairdryer

Internet Available

Lounge

MNet / Satellite TV

Open Plan Lounge Area

Outdoor Pool

Outdoor dining area

Reception Area

Relaxation Area

Safe in Room

Secure Parking

Small Wedding & Function

Swimming Pool

Tea and coffee maker

WiFi (Internet access)

RATES FOR KAINGO GAME RESERVE

RATES VALUD UNTIL 14 DECEMBER 2018

Elephant Lodge Deluxe Rooms:

R 4 750 per adult sharing

R 2 375 per child (2 - 14 years)

Leopard House:

Private unit with 2 bedrooms en-suite with lounge and dining room. Private pool and boma area.

Minimum house rate (2 guests per night)

R 12 350 for 2 adults per night

R 4 900 per additional adult per night

R 2 450 per child (2 – 14 years old) per night

15 DECEMBER 2018 – 6 JANUARY 2019

Elephant Lodge Deluxe Rooms:

R 5 250 per adult sharing

R 2 625 per child (2 - 14 years)

Leopard House:

Private unit with 2 bedrooms en-suite with lounge and dining room. Private pool and boma area.

Minimum house rate (2 guests per night)

R 13 585 for 2 guests per night

R 5 390 per additional adult per night

R 2 050 per child (2 – 14 years old) per night

RATES INCLUDE:

Three meals per day: full English breakfast, light luncheon and dinner in the open-air boma or thatched dining room (Special bush dinners can be arranged at an extra cost)
Tea, coffee, cakes, pastries and afternoon teatime snacks
Beverages: A selection of drinks including alcoholic beverages are included on the evening game drive sundowner stop
Two game drives daily in open safari vehicles, accompanied by experienced rangers
Twice daily housekeeping service.

RATES EXCLUDE:

Exclusive use of game viewer vehicle at Elephant Lodge. (Available at additional cost)
Telephone calls
Shop purchases
Personal bar account, room mini-bar consumables and sundowner drinks
Laundry
Child minding service
Breakages and damages by guests.

NOTES:

Deluxe Rooms::
- Rates quoted are per person sharing per night
- Minimum 2-night stay. required
- Infants (0-2 years) accommodated free of charge.
Leopard House :
- Minimum house rate (2 guests per night)
- Additional adults pay extra adult rate per night (15 years and over)
- Additional children pay extra child rate per night (2-14 years)
A minimum of two night stay is required
All rates are quoted in South African Rand (ZAR) and include VAT at 14%
Rates are subject to availability and to change without prior notice.