About this activity

See South Africa's wildlife on with this overnight glamping safari adventure trip from Cape Town. Overnight at 4-star Buffelsdrift Game Lodge, resting at the foothills of the majestic Swartberg mountains in one of their secluded, free-standing luxury tents – overlooking a nearby waterhole. Glamping in style with this unique bushveld experience in the heart of the Klein Karoo. Travel along the scenic Route 62 and keep a lookout to spot most of Africa's famous Big Five animals with two included 4x4 game drives at popular Western Cape game reserves, a guided walking safari as well as a chance to walk alongside orphaned elephants. Overnight in the ostrich capital of the world and get a chance to try local delicacies, giving you a taste of authentic South African culture. This small group tour is led by a local tour guide and game rangers and anyone that visits the Western Cape region only have a few days to see some of the Big 5 and other local wildlife from Cape Town.

What is included

4x4 Botlierskop Game Drive ( about 2 hours )Other

4x4 Buffelsfrift Bush Drive ( about 1,5 hours )Other

A portion of your trip fee is donated to help fund 2Cchange non-profit local charity projectsOther

Accommodation for 1 nightOther

According to availability at time of booking, accommodation will be in the mentioned hotel or in one of a similar standard and star ratingOther

Botlierskop Walking Safari ( about 15 minutes)Other

BreakfastFood and drink

Children under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adultOther

Hotel pickup / drop-off + Guided transfers with English-speaking tour guideOther

Leopards are elusive, solitary and largely nocturnal by nature, and so are rarely seen on Big Five game drivesOther

Meals and drinks not mentioned in itineraryOther

Minimum age is 12 yearsOther

Optional Elephant Educational Bush Walk (about R500 per person)Other

Personal comprehensive travel insurance is excluded and recommendedOther

Personal comprehensive travel insurance is excluded and recommended to protect you against unexpected trip cancellation, lost or damage of personal items and other travel related claims.Safety other

Public transportation options are available nearbyPublic transportation nearby

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 4 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.

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Refund rules

100% refundable until 3 days before departure

0% refundable from 0 to 3 days before departure

Reviews

5/5

Glamping at its best

The tour is far away from Capetown but totally worth it. Our driver Moudy was wonderful and gave us a lot of information on the drive. The two safari drives were great, with extremely knowledgable guides and the glamping was fantastic, just like in the pictures. We would have liked to stay more time. Food was also very good. I recommend the ostricj steak.

Reviewed by Gabked - 2022-12-20

5/5

2 day Glamping Safari

It was a great trip and a great value in my opinion. We stayed in the Tent and it was the most romantic place we have ever stayed. 5 star accommodations in a tent. The restaurant was excellent as well. The Game drives were excellent way to safely see the Animals in natural habitat. I also enjoyed the fact that one was in a desert area and the other was in a mountainous region. Felt like I got to see two ecosystems on one trip. The big thing to understand is this is 300 miles from Capetown. So in two days you do a lot of driving in a van. There is no way around this, it’s simply location and they make it as enjoyable as possible but it is not for you if you do not like long car trips. Once there it is actually a little nicer than the photos portray!!

Reviewed by MinnesotaDiner63 - 2020-03-17

5/5

Glamping at its best

Great food, friendly staff and the tent was amazing. It is more beautiful than all the pictures! We did arrive at night time so we did not have a lot of time to enjoy the premises. The walk with elephants was the highlight of the tour!

Reviewed by Ana_S - 2020-03-14

5/5

A must for first timers

Excellent experience. This was our first tried to Africa and we decided to visit Cape Town, South Africa as a first start. We are surely glad that we reserved this two day glamping tour. Our driver and tour guide, Nevelle (Nev as he went by) offered a tremendous amount of knowledge about South Africa, Very friendly and seemed to always have something interesting to say and offer in terms of tips. The drive was long from Cape Town (5/6 hours) but Nev broke down the trip with two stops along the way. One was at an amazing coffee shop and the other at a more restaurant setting. When we arrived at Buffelsdrift (game reserve) we absolutely fell in love with the accommodations. The tents/cabins were very clean and modern. They each had spectacular views of the game reserve. We saw hippos and ostriches from our windows! We saw plenty of giraffes, elephants, zebras, white rhinos. It was definitely worth paying the extra 435ZAR for the elephant walk in the morning. Got to touch them and get up close and take great pictures. I would definitely go back and highly recommend this tour. Worth every penny.

Reviewed by Daniel_P - 2020-03-07

5/5

Safari Experience in Luxury

The communication from HotSpots2C tour company was excellent. They were in contact frequently, available to answer questions and were punctual the day of pickup (7am). Isaac, our tour guide from HotSpots2C was friendly, welcoming, helpful and full of interesting information as we drove past various areas enroute to the first game park. The stop, enroute to our first private game park was at a farm stand with a cafe called Peregrine. The food available was farm grown, organic and animal products were free range, with no preservatives or unwanted ingredients. A refreshing start to the trip. We lunched at the first game park (cost not included but prices reasonable) and then took a 4x4 game park tour for a full 3 hours. We saw giraffe, zebra, wildabeast, lion, antelope white rhino, elephants and more. The tour guide from the game park (Botliersk) was excellent in terms of education... the disappointing part was seeing so many electric fences and electric grids for electricity. Although there were plenty of animals, it felt a little bit close to the city and not as natural. After the tour we proceeded to the next game Park (Buffelsfontein). We had an amazing dinner on the terrace overlooking a watering hole for the animals. The meal was an excellent, 3 course meal included with the fees (alcohol not included). That evening we stayed in luxury tents with views of the surroundings and watering hole. Each room had a private, outdoor shower, king size bed, sitting area, outdoor porch.... There was also a pool area available 24/7. In the morning we had a buffet style breakfast (included). This place was definitely more tranquil, and didn't have the maze of electric fences and electric grids the other place had. There was an optional one hour morning walk with 3 orphaned elephants. The fees was minimal (maybe the equivalent of US$24 or so), and well worth it. You will learn a lot about elephants and have plenty of opportunity to feed them by trunk and mouth, get hugged by them and more. Great photo opportunities. Afterward was a 4x4 game park tour (2 hours). There were a lot more "herds" of animals to include giraffes, springbuck, zebra, etc... The waterhole had hippos (which we saw) and there were also black rhinos, tortoise, elephants and much more....They have several "rescue" lions on the property too. We heard they will expand tours to see the cheetahs starting April 2020. I personally would have preferred to go here for both days... to include a night tour which we understand is excellent but did not experience. However, the tour company Hotspots2C is excellent and I would recommend them. We took a different route home, which was through the mountains and valleys and very beautiful. Hope this helps...Enjoy

Reviewed by Lisa_F - 2020-03-06

5/5

Absolutely Fantastic

An absolutely beautiful place to stay, the glamping tents are sheer luxury, well kitted out with all your creature comforts. The views are beautiful over the watering hole, with hippopotamus frequently appearing out of the water, it’s peaceful with only the sounds of the wildlife. We did a Safari for over three hours, doesn’t seem a long time but the heat is intense, our ranger was very informative and the scenery is second to none. The restaurant has a great choice of food and all the staff are extremely nice, nothing is too much trouble. We’ve had an absolutely brilliant time here and highly recommend a visit, you won’t be disappointed.

Reviewed by Wilson D - 2023-01-31

2 Day Safari Glamping - South African Wildlife Small Group Tour from Cape Town

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Glamping at its best

2 day Glamping Safari

Glamping at its best

A must for first timers

Safari Experience in Luxury

Absolutely Fantastic

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