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NGALA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE

Ngala Game Lodge and Ngala Tented Safari Camp are located on a 33,000 acre private concession in the Orpen sector of the Kruger National Park. The Kruger Park is a vast 2.2 million acre sanctuary, harboring one of Africa's most fecund eco-systems and some of its most strategically important land under wildlife. Ngala was the first Private Game Reserve to be established within the Kruger National Park itself.

The seasonal Timbavati River runs through Ngala Reserve. The area is rich in Mopane forest and acacia bushveld, and is particularly well known for its herds of elephant and lion prides. Ngala means 'Place of the Lion', and the Reserve boasts some of the highest concentrations of these magnificent beasts in the Kruger Park.. The area is also home to the other members of the 'big five', as well as most other species of big game associated with Africa.

Activities at Ngala include morning and evening game drives in specially adapted open safari vehicles and guided nature walks on the reserve. All activities are conducted by highly trained and experienced professional game rangers, who ensure that all interaction with the wilderness is exciting, informative, and safe. The game-viewing experience at Ngala is complemented by other activities such as stargazing, bird watching, moonlit bush dinners, and elegant bush sundowners.

In keeping with the standards at sister lodge Londolozi, accommodation at Ngala Lodge and Tented Safari Camp is stylish and extremely comfortable.

With only six tents, perched on the edge of a river bed, the ambience at the elegant and luxurious Tented Safari Camp is tranquil and exclusive. Each spacious tent has wooden sides with gauze screen windows and a billowy canvas roof. Features include a quiet ceiling fan, an outdoor shower and a wonderful bathtub mounted on a rough-hewn wood base. Classic and witty elements from the 1950's to 1970's have been cleverly integrated into the camp's comfortable living and dining area. Surrounded by a timber deck, the swimming pool merges with the countours of the riverbank, forming a gentle oasis.

Secluded in leafy woodlands, Ngala Lodge is a member of the prestigious Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Accommodation is in twenty air-conditioned back-to-back cottages. Each is well-decorated and comfortable, with en suite facilities. Guest areas include a spacious thatched living and dining area with impressive open fireplaces, a shaded swimming pool, and sundecks overlooking an attractive water hole. Dinner is served either in the traditional African boma (an enclosure open to the starry African sky) or in the romantic lantern lit courtyard.

Ngala also boasts one luxurious Safari Suite. This exclusive accommodation is comprised of a bedroom, en suite bathroom, separate living room, additional cloakroom and w/c and a private swimming pool. Guests staying in the Safari Suite also enjoy a private Landrover for game-viewing activities, butler serivices and a personal bar.

The pan-African cuisine at Ngala Lodge and Tented Camp is abundant, fresh, well prepared and satisfying. Home-made chutneys, relishes and marinated olives are offered to garnish every meal, and both camps boasts a notable wine cellar.

Ecotourism angle

Ngala is a unqiue partnership between the private sector, the national park authorities (Kruger National Park) and the non-governmental South African Nature Trust Foundation. Under this partnership, a percentage of all profits from Ngala flow into the National Parks Trust to promote conservation projects. The Reserve is also involved in local community projects outside the Kruger National Park. Ngala has joined forces with the Africa Foundation to bring about positive differences in the communities surrounding the lodge. Conservation lessons for local schoolchildren, an equipped media centre, community computer centre, hospitality education bursaries, and Aids awareness are some of projects funded by the lodge.

To find out more about Ngala Private Game Reserve, or to make a reservation, call on 27-11-463-7889 or email us.

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