For the true wildlife connoisseur: combine Limpopo’s Blouberg Nature Reserve with 24,000 acres of private Botswana wilderness in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve.
Are you a wildlife connoisseur? Visit the beautiful Blouberg (Blue Mountain) Nature Reserve—home to more than 1,000 breeding pairs of the endangered Cape Vulture—and then cross the Limpopo River into the world-famous Northern Tuli Game Reserve in Botswana, part of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area.
You will be collected by your driver/guide at OR Tambo International Airport and travel north along the N1 through Limpopo bushveld to Blouberg Nature Reserve. After checking into Tamboti Tented Camp, we explore this undiscovered gem of Limpopo before enjoying a freshly cooked dinner around the campfire under large Tamboti trees.
Depart after breakfast and cross into Botswana at the Platjan border post. Drive approximately 1 hour through the Tuli Wilderness to the unfenced Serolo Safari Camp along the shady floodplain of the Limpopo River beneath giant Mashatu and Apple-leaf trees. Enjoy lunch at 15h30 followed by an late afternoon open-vehicle game drive extending into a night drive to spot nocturnal predators.
After early morning coffee, depart on a 3–4 hour game drive across Tuli Wilderness’ private 24,000-acre concession. Look out for elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, brown and spotted hyenas, and prolific birdlife. Return for a hearty breakfast, relax by the splash pool until lunch at 15h30, and head out on an afternoon/evening game drive.
Enjoy a final morning game drive in the Tuli Wilderness followed by breakfast. Depart at 11h00 via Platjan border post, Alldays, and Vivo back to Blouberg Nature Reserve for bush sundowners and a final campfire dinner.
Depart after breakfast Around the campfire for a relaxed return drive to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.