Highlights
- Safari day trip to Aquila Game Reserve from Cape Town
- Spot South Africa’s Big Five animals on a game drive around this malaria-free private reserve
- Watch out for endangered species like snow leopards
- Lean about the reserve’s wild animals and birdlife from your game ranger guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
Recent Photos of this Tour
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Cooling OffThese two young elephants were playing and splashing in the nice cool waterPhoto by: Alissa01 2012 -
A face only a mother could ...If there's such a thing as an addorable baby rhino, this is itPhoto by: Alissa01 2012 -
I see youEasy to see how well camouflaged this big cat isPhoto by: Alissa01 2012 -
Two rhinoceres resting side ...Aquila Game Reserve Wildlife Safari, a beautiful warm day, a jeep drivePhoto by: Heikki TFinland, 02 2010 -
Two wildebeest searching ...Aquila Game Reserve Wildlife Safari, a beautiful warm day, a jeep drivePhoto by: Heikki TFinland, 02 2010 -
Useful Information
Aquila Game Reserve Wildlife Safari
On arrival, meet your game ranger guide and embark on an Open vehicle game drive around the park.
Watch out for Africa’s famous Big Five -- African elephants, Cape buffalos, lions, leopards and rhinos – while touring the park, and learn from your guide how the phrase ‘Big Five’ came to be coined. Plus, look for hippos, giraffes.
After your Game Drive you will return for lunch (included).
Aquila Game Reserve is well known for its large natural wetland, and so the bird-watching opportunities here are plentiful. Home to more than 170 different species of bird, the park is actually named after the endangered Black Eagle (Aquila). Keep your eyes open as you explore the park and you might be lucky enough to see one!
After 2 and half hours of touring the park on your game drive, meet your host for the journey back to Cape Town, arriving in the late afternoon.
Reviewed by Professor H M, May 2013
We had a great time. We saw all of the Big 5 close up and personal, especially the elephants, their clash with the rhinos (the rhinos the winners), and finally the lions at feast. There were also the hippopotami in and out of their pool, and in the latter situation getting very nervous when a delicate little impala came tripping up to the water for a drink. The guide could have been clearer for the folk at the back of the truck, apparently, but we were seated up front, which was a great listening as well as viewing platform. Good breakfast and lunch at the hotel, and really the only criticism is the length of time we had to wait after breakfast was over for the tour to start; a bit wearing when we had made a very early start indeed from Cape Town (2 hours away). The drive through the Franschhoek mountains and the Heck valley was beautiful both ways.
Reviewed by DAVID K, March 2013
First the down side--there are still not a lot of animals at Aquila. The Game Reserve is only 13 years old and is still stocking up. They also lost a few animals to poachers. Now, the up side--everything. The 2-hour ride out of Cape Town to Aquila was beautiful and showed scenery not seen in Cape Town. At arrival, we had champagne and an excellent breakfast and then some free time before the driving began. While in the open buses, we got very close to the "Big 5" and spent a lot of time seeing them. Very exciting. The guides tried to give you a lot of good angles and viewing points for pictures. We saw an "argument" between and elephant and two rhino (elephant won). The game reserve is fairly large in size and the guides had an idea where the wildlife was and drove you to the animals. Stopped half way in the middle of the drive for champagne and to stretch outside the bus. Finished with a good lunch. We didn't have time to get to Kruger--thank goodness we took this tour since I feel like we would have really missed something critical if we got to South Africa and didn't see the animals in their native habitats.
