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Full-Day Safari: Explore Cape Town Game Reserve
4.2
577 Ratings
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Get ready for a thrilling wildlife safari at Aquila Game Reserve, just outside Cape Town. Spot the Big Five and endangered species on an unforgettable game drive!
Get ready for a thrilling wildlife safari at Aquila Game Reserve, just outside Cape Town. Spot the Big Five and endangered species on an unforgettable game drive!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
72 hours
Highlights
- Aquila Private Game Reserve - Includes: a welcome drink upon arrival, an open vehicle game drive, and a buffet lunch.
Drinks and additional extras are at your own expense.
- Aquila Private Game Reserve - Includes: a welcome drink upon arrival, an open vehicle game drive, and a buffet lunch.
Drinks and additional extras are at your own expense.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off with an English-speaking driver
- Lunch included
- English-speaking professional Game Ranger
- Exciting Game Drive experience
- Hotel pickup and drop-off with an English-speaking driver
- Lunch included
- English-speaking professional Game Ranger
- Exciting Game Drive experience
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
Embark on an amazing full-day safari tour at a stunning Game Reserve! Enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup from your central Cape Town accommodation, ensuring a stress-free adventure. Get ready to explore a private, malaria-free reserve and experience an unforgettable game drive through the park. Keep an eye out for the renowned Big Five animals and…
Embark on an amazing full-day safari tour at a stunning Game Reserve! Enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup from your central Cape Town accommodation, ensuring a stress-free adventure. Get ready to explore a private, malaria-free reserve and experience an unforgettable game drive through the park. Keep an eye out for the renowned Big Five animals and other endangered species.
- Tour accommodates maximum 8 guests, however there will be more guests at the Reserve and on the game drive.
- If guests are making their own way to a listed pick-up point, they need to allow sufficient travelling time (ie… traffic delays etc…) in order to arrive at the pickup point in time for collection.
- Should guests not arrive by the scheduled departure time, the tour will depart and no refunds will be given.
- Surcharge will apply for any amendments (ie.. date change, name change, pax number change etc…) made 7days or less prior to travel.
- It is compulsory that guests contact us 48 hours prior to tour departure to re-confirm that they will still be travelling on the tour. Should clients not make contact with us by 48 hours prior to travel date, the booking will automatically be cancelled.
- When more than one person is travelling – we require names and last names of all guests travelling (reason being if tour booking is made with one person and the hotel reservation is made under another, we will be informed by the hotel that there ais nobody by that name at the hotel which will result in delays and could cause the guests to miss the tour).
- Our starts at 9:00 AM; pickup begins around 8:20 AM
- Return to your hotel around 18:30 PM
Location
Aquila Private Game Reserve
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(577 Ratings)
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Kate_d
Jun 29, 2025
Bouquets to Belinda in... - Bouquets to Belinda in the office. Late cruise ship arrival…and late by another 2 days…she handled everything and kept us informed. Answered my email questions promptly. Drivers were very accommodating and helpful. Driver at the Game park was excellent.
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Lidia_a
May 17, 2025
Beautiful road from Cape... - Beautiful road from Cape Town in a comfortable vehicle. Timely pick up. Great lunch at the lodge. Amazing safari experience
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Marilynw699
May 13, 2025
GREAT EXPERIENCE - Great experience. Rudy was a wonderful driver, the buffet was outstanding, and the safari portion was very cool and safe.
We saw elephants , ostriches, giraffes,
Zebras, rhinos, hippos, African buffalo, Springbok, and lions. The leopard are elusive and mostly come out at night, but we were pleased with what we saw
The buffet was outstanding and the staff helpful and gracious
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Alice_m
May 12, 2025
Great time - The guide was wonderful. We had a wonderful lunch got to taste different wine. It was worth the money
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Helen_d
Mar 26, 2025
Aquila Game Reserve - Absolutely fabulous. Had a great time. Our driver Ibrahim, was just outstanding. Our game drive driver, Mike, was superb. Knew where the animals were & we saw all of the big five except the leopard. Had a wonderful time & highly recommend this trip. Even 10 times better than Hluluwhe/ Imfolozi, in Durban.
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Iza
Mar 13, 2025
A perfect sample of wildlife. - We could see wildlife as if it were free in nature, faithfully respecting its habitat. An unforgettable experience.
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Kevin_w
May 13, 2025
Great wildlife experience! - Fantastic experience seeing the animals up close! I would suggest some padding in the tour vehicles as many people were hitting their knees on the metal seat supports from the very bumpy tracts we traveled on. Great guide (Habibi) who picked us up right on time and had us informed and entertained on the trip out and back from Aguila. The Reserve lunch was delicious and game tour guide was wonderful
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763birgitb
Mar 31, 2025
Game drives only 2 hours drive from Cape Town - of course very touristy - Those who participate in the game drives should be aware that you are located here 2 hours drive from Cape Town and not in Kruger National Park or in one of the large game reserves in the north. So if you want to experience all the animals as free-living as possible in huge reserves, you can't help but get on a plane and fly there. Aquila is a small reserve, but comparing it to a zoo is of course completely nonsensical. The animals can move freely on over 100 km2. I don't know which zoos the people visited, who write in their reviews here that the animals would be better placed in a zoo... Yes, the lions are in a separate enclosure... Yes, there are feeding grounds... yes, there are only 4 of some animal species on site ... but many tourists only come for one or two game drives and of course want to see as many animals and animal species as possible ... and this - as already noted - only two hours by car from Cape Town. Nobody's seen a leopard there in six months.
The game drives take place due to the many holidaymakers here in large trucks with 22 places and you already have to have a very healthy spine if you want to survive all potholes on the completely extended paths harmlessly.
Conclusion: if you have little time, are in the Cape region anyway, would like to see the Big 4 (you won't see a leopard there) and don't want to get on a plane especially, a short stay of one to two nights here is recommended. One should simply be aware in advance that it is a small reserve with a very touristy character, not comparable to the classic South African reserves, such as the Kruger National Park.
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Marylou_s
Mar 11, 2025
The paths upon which the... - The paths upon which the vehicles drive are very, very, very bumpy. Do not take this safari if you are pregnant, have back issues, or have headaches! The animals were great to see, and we are glad we took the tour. However, it did not begin to compare to the safari in Kruger National Park and others we have done in the past. It would also help to have a speaker in the vehicle so those in the back can hear the explanations of the guide more clearly.
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Johnsunny_m
May 20, 2025
Yawn... - If you have been to ANY other game park, skip this one! Very few animala and you don't get close to most. A zoo would have been better.
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