Come and view the BIG FIVE (still in small family numbers) at Garden Route Game Lodge, in a malaria free environment, world renowned for its excellent climate!

Share in the exciting experience of seeing the first lion and elephant in our region this century. Other species also to be found at the game lodge are antelope, crocodile, giraffe...

Visit the reptile park on the premises where a highly qualified Herpetologist will introduce you to 23 different species of snakes.

Garden Route Game Lodge adheres to optimal conservation practices to create a balanced Eco-system. Guests are not allowed to drive through the park in their own vehicles.

Besides the climate the area boasts a very good infrastructure, with the Garden Route Game Lodge being only 80km form the nearest national airport.

Garden Route Game Lodge caters for those keen to see game and experience a bit of Africa on their trip along the Garden Route.

Alternatively guests can choose to stay over in the individual log-cabins which have been decorated in a blend of colonial African and modern western, all linked together by a boardwalk in a valley overgrown with Aloe and fynbos.

All rooms are equipped with televisions and have tea and coffee facilities. MNET and DSTV are available. Dinners are served around a camp fire in the boma.

Besides the relaxing facilities available to all visitors there are many other facilities on the farm and in the surrounding area to keep the adventurous and restless occupied:

- Horse riding guided by rangers

- 4 x 4 motorcycle rides

- Star gazing

- African curio shop

- Whale watching boat-trips at Stillbay or Mosselbay
(Jun-Oct)

- Educational visits to the Aloe Ferox plantation

- Bungee- and Bridge-jumping at Gouritz River bridge

- Golfing at the Riversdale 9-hole Golf Course

- Wine tasting at "Die Poort" estate

- 70 seat Conference Centre with break-away Lapa.

The reintroduction of game to this area and the eradication of alien plant-species in favour of indigenous fynbos are the two main concerns of the owner.
Already the Big 5 - rhino, lion leopard, elephant and buffalo - have been introduced and a successful breeding scheme is under way to increase the numbers of antelope species. At current the Game Lodge hosts zebra, springbok, bontebok and wildebeest as well as crocodile. If the timing is right, the elusive Cape Mountain Leopard whose tracks appear regularly, can be spotted.

On completion of plans to extend the establishment to 5000ha the numbers of game on the land will be dramatically increased from the maximum it hosts at present. The numbers of predators, dependant on the number of antelope, will then be increased and control of the location of these two species will be lifted.

Thanks to the size of the land and the consequent density of game it is almost certain that visitors will see a large percentage of game on display in their natural habitat.

Besides the large variety of fynbos and other plant species and the increasing amount of game on the land The Garden Route Game Lodge also provides a home for many permanent and migratory bird species which are best viewed on foot and identifiable by the game rangers.

For those keen to see game, those interested in South Africa's plant heritage and the occasional ornithologist, the Garden Route Game Lodge caters.