com/safari">safari lodge with a difference: when you book a stay here you are helping the lodge to inform, educate and empower the local community by strengthening the nearby town of Touwsriver. Recycling efforts, winter soup kitchens and veterinary services are supplied by Aquila, making the reserve a Western Cape game lodge with a difference.

Location:

At less than two hours from the centre of Cape Town, Aquila is the closest private game reserve in the Western Cape. Aquila is named after the rare and endangered Black Eagle that thrives in the area. Situated on the national flower route, this game reserve lodge has several thousands of hectares of mountain Proteas and is situated in three separate biomes: Fynbos, Renosterveldt and Karoo succulents.

From July through to September the reserve displays a splendid Technicolor carpet of Karoo flowers, making for the perfect photo opportunity. Aquila safari lodge is also a private nature reserve, declared so in 1985. For the first time in 250 years, the Western Cape inhabitants can benefit from the natural and original animals that used to roam freely around this area of South Africa.

Safari Features:

Aquila is a game reserve lodge with a difference. With over 80 chalets and 4,500 hectares of Southern Karoo Highlands, the reserve not only offers excellent accommodation but also a chance to change the way we view animals and wildlife. Aquila also offers horse-back safaris for up-close-and-personal trips to see four of the Big Five, while visitors are treated to a free educational talk on the Cheetah rehabilitation centre and the plight of these endangered big cats.