Encompassing mistbelt grasslands, thornveld and river frontage, Babanango Game Reserve is a bush   lover’s paradise, and where the adventurous come to experience all things safari. This rich area harbours abundant game species including buffalo, giraffe, hyena, zebra, several antelope, and the elusive aardvark and aardwolf. Rhino and buffalo have recently been introduced to the reserve, with the remainder of the big five soon to be introduced. Babanango Game Reserve is the largest conservation project of its kind over the last 30 years. Over 75% of the land is leased from the communities – which means that this partnership is one that empowers its people. The African Habitat Conservancy Foundation was founded as a means to assist and serve the immediate communities around the reserve, and truly is the heart of the reserve. Activities Game drive in Babanango Reserve Take the scenic route view buffalo, impala, zebra, giraffe and kudu, not to mention a variety of birdlife. Helicopter flight over the Babanango Reserve, Thaka Valley Conservancy and Loziba Wildlife Reserve Transfer to Loziba Wildlife Reserve

Accompany James Arnott Grant Fowlds to experience the vision of Loziba Wildlife Reserve. You will travel to a rural area that has been earmarked as a potential conservation sanctuary, to survey terrain and wildlife to find out how it intends being transformed into a big 5 protected wildlife reserve Activities Spend your day shadowing Grant and James as they work with local communities to foster conservation awareness Visit local chief and community Location on Zoekmij farm – incredible elevated view site over the intended reserve

Join the team along with a veterinarian to sedate and dehorn two rhinos using a chainsaw in the Zululand area. This is an anti-poaching technique used throughout Kwazulu-Natal due to high prevalence of poachers. Activities There are many options here to keep you busy including five game-viewing & guided bush walks; daytrips to the nearby iSimangaliso Wetland Park & to Ocean beaches. Embark on ZapWing anti-poaching flight over Kwazulu-Natal departing Hluhluwe airbase. This is an aerial surveillance flight to ensure security in 26 states and private game reserves (+300,000ha). Rhino and elephant tracking in the surrounding area. Join the specialized mounted unit of the anti-poaching rangers on horseback while they patrol the Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park to secure white and black rhinos. These mounted rangers can patrol off-road and have a higher vantage point, helping them to see above the long summer grass. The horses are quiet and the extends the daily patrol from 10km on foot to 30km on horseback. As a result, rangers are far less fatigued. Battlefields tour Early in the 19th century King Shaka transformed his hardly significant Nguni clan into a proud and powerful nation. Born the illegitimate son of King Senzangakhona of the Zulu community and Nandi of the Langeni community and rejected by Senzangakhona, Nandi and Shaka sought refuge with a paternal uncle living with the Mtetwa people, who were ruled by Dingiswayo. Shaka gained valuable experience whilst undergoing military training in Dingiswayo’s iziCwe Regiment. He developed innovative skills in warfare and introduced the iklwa stabbing spear to the armoury. On the death of Senzangakhona, Dingiswayo supported Shaka’s claim to the throne. Shaka assassinated his half brother and assumed leadership of the Zulu. When the Ndwande under Zwide defeated and killed Dingiswayo, Shaka absorbed the leaderless tribe into the Zulu. Zwide then attacked the Zulu but under Shaka’s brilliant leadership at the Battle of Gqokli Hill in April 1818 the Zulu army defeated a numerically superior Ndwandwe force and ended their threat to the Zulu nation. After the superiority of the Zulu Nation had been entrenched under Shaka’s leadership, they extended their power base to cover all of what is now KwaZulu-Natal 1n 1828, Shaka was assassinated by his half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana and he was succeeded by Dingane. Dingane saw the increasing influence of the whites in Port Natal as a threat, exacerbated by the arrival of the Voortrekkers over the Drakensberg range of mountains. The stage was set for more conflict. The role played by Shaka still inspires pride among the Zulu people. During his twelve year reign he built and led a powerful army, while setting new cultural standards for his people. Historians acknowledge his military leadership and prowess in developing new weapons and tactics such as the short stabbing spear and the battlefield strategy izimpondo zankomo or “horns of the beast” encircling tactic. Despite understandably subjective Victorian criticism, contemporary accounts from shipwrecked sailors in the 18th century and early hunters and adventurers describe the Zulus with whom they came in contact as cheerful, prosperous and law-abiding people.

Contemporary African style hotel overlooking the picturesque Nambiti hills - Offers safari rides to Nambiti Game Reserve.

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