2-Hour Game Drive at Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve: Encounter Africa's Big 5 and Abundant Birdlife
3.3
53 Ratings
Plettenberg Bay

Embark on a thrilling 2-hour game drive at Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve and encounter Africa’s Big 5 and abundant birdlife. Learn from experienced rangers about the diverse wildlife you’ll encounter.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Garden Route - Drive on the scenic N2 through the Garden Route on your way to Plett Game Reserve
  • Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve - Experience the magic of the African bush with a two-hour game drive on our 2,200 hectare reserve at the foothills of the Tsitsikamma Mountains. Our knowledgeable game rangers will enthrall you with interesting facts…
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What's Included
  • Professional tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Excess luggage charges (where applicable)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Four of Africa’s famed Big 5 now inhabit Plett Game Reserve, thanks to the latest addition of elephants joining the leopards, rhinos, and buffalos. Numerous other species, including giraffe, zebra, hippos, various antelope species and crocodiles can also be encountered here.
The game reserve is replete with birdlife and hosts a multitude of smaller buck…

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Location
Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve
Uplands Road
Follow the sign boards on the farm marked "Reception"
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(53 Ratings)
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Julie_r
May 6, 2024
A Fabulous Experience - Ted our Ranger was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of information about the animals we spotted on the tour of the reserve. We had some very close up experiences of the Elephants, Giraffes and my favourite the Rhino - a fabulous experience. An excellent way to spend a couple of hours on our journey across South Africa.
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Ruaand2021
Jun 20, 2024
June 2024 Nice Family outing - We took our own snacks & drinks (after reading reviews). We found the guide to be VERY knowledgeable and were given blankets (as it was a bit chilly). Apart from croc’s theres no predators but there’s plenty still to see (Elephants, hippo’s, rhino, zebra’s, nyala’s, Eland, springbok, water buck, ostriches, griaffe’s, white chested eagles and non native buck from Asia which I cant recall..). As per other reviews, theres no restaurant or gift shop but that’s okay as the main event is the game drive. Would we go back? Yes, definitely.
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Vickilee_t
Oct 6, 2024
Disappointing visit - At some point in time this would have been an amazing facility but now it is incredibly run down. Don’t arrive early as there is no seating area or no refreshments available Our guide was pretty good, knowledgeable and informative. However, while there were plenty of animals to see and we understand the bush doesn’t always provide, the blub implied we would see the big five. We booked to specifically see a rhino and saw only one of the big five - elephants. Even though there are beware of the hippos it would appear there was only one hippo on the property and it was hiding in the river.
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Maqsmaqs
Sep 29, 2024
Not like it was 10 years ago...limited animals and not interested in customers...not an adventure - Read some of the reviews after visiting. Like other people we visited here in 2011 and at that time it was a great experience. The current visit fell very flat. Limited animals and very few people visiting i think. The driver taking us around was just that a driver, he had no knowledge of the animals and didn't really want to interact with those of us on the drive. Few giraffe, cattle, one distant rhino, crocs...no real predators at all, and when we asked to see the elephants he wasn't really interested. Drove us to try and see them and then had to turn around as he said they were too hidden to see. Waste of time and money ! As stated bring your own drinks as they don't provide like some of the other drives we have been on. Children disappointed. We felt ripped off...definitely not worth the "half price" deal we paid let alone what they normally charge for the drive. Rather keep your two hours and save your money!
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591kimberleyk
Aug 5, 2024
Run down. - Having been here 10 years ago it has gone dramatically downhill. Very few animals. Appear to be selling off animals. Not worth the price in my opinion.
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Luke_r
May 30, 2024
Beautiful animals, poor guide - The animals were of course amazing and the place was beautiful. Worthwhile doing to get up so close with the incredible elephants. However the guide was clearly bored, disinterested and just going through the motions. This was our third game drive on the garden route and paled in comparison to the others
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Caroline_m
Feb 18, 2024
Poor much better game drives to be had - Was very disappointed especially for South Africa very dark dingy reception and drive around was poor with mainly antelope a few elephants and one rhino and a few giraffe. The guide was poor and didn’t seem very knowledgeable about wildlife so sorry that we wasted our time
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Northstar04684672184
Apr 24, 2024
Waste of time and money - This was an expenesive waste of time. There was nowhere to buy drinks. The drive was adequate yet very few explanations. When we asked a question there were short snappy answers and some poor jokes The reserve is severly lacking animals for the amount of money we paid. No predators which was a huge let down. Some of the animals were to far away to get a picture. I do believe with a trained tour guide that could spot animal tracks, droppings, foot prints and explanations about the different species could have made this experince far more worthwhile
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Go31609911742
Mar 14, 2024
Plettenberg Bay Reserve, A huge dissapoint - Took us 2 hours to drive there. Could not even buy a bottle of water there. What a dissapointment, its not as advertised, no coffee shop, was told to drive to the Welness centre for coffee where there was no one in sight. no directions to a coffee shop. Then drove back to the reception for the safari drive which was 2 hours We would not recommend going here, and it was pretty expensive for what we got and saw
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Dream520702
Feb 28, 2024
Absolutely not worth it - The lions have died, the leopard has moved away, the rhino only lives in the mountains in summer and the one hippo only comes out of the small pond at night. So we saw a few zebras, hoofed animals, a couple of elephants and 2 giraffes on the flat pastures. The price for this is an absolute disgrace but even for free it's a complete waste of time and you get shaken up quite a bit. Better to go to a nice zoo in Germany - it's more worthwhile and cheaper!! There's absolutely no African feeling here.
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