Great Fish River Lodge uses modern glazed fronts in combination with earthy colours and traditional African safari style elements. The lodge is located close to the Great Fish River, from which it takes its name.

Great Fish River Lodge offers nine suites with en-suite bathrooms, indoor and outdoor showers, large verandas and private plunge pools with pergolas. The main building is where guests gather at the bar to exchange stories of the day’s adventures. An open fireplace is the ideal spot to warm up on cool evenings and enjoy a drop of South African wine from the in-house wine cellar.

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve offers four further accommodation options:

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Situated in the Eastern Cape near Port Elizabeth, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is 22’000 hectares of pure, undisturbed wilderness. The reserve is private and only open to Kwandwe guests, thus an utterly private experience is guaranteed. The Great Fish River flows for a distance of 30 km through the reserve.

The reserve is accessed in approximately 2 hours by road from Port Elizabeth. Alternatively, guests may choose to take a light aircraft to Kwandwe Airstrip. If arriving in a private vehicle, guests leave their car at Heatherton Towers, the reserve’s car park, before being transferred by safari vehicle to the lodge (ca. 45 min. drive).

Kwandwe is home to the Big 5 (both black and white rhino, elephant, lion, buffalo and leopard), as well as cheetah, kudu, springbok, eland antelope, giraffe, wildebeest and gemsbok.

The meaning of Kwandwe in isiXhosa is “Place of the Blue Crane”, and this reserve is home to a population of South Africa’s rare national bird.

Morning, evening and night game drives, guided bushwalking, fishing, bush breakfast and/or dinner are on offer.

Sightseeing flights are also available at extra cost.

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is free of malaria.

SwissAfrican Travel Service
Dammstrasse 27
8702 Zollikon
Zurich, Switzerland


Telephone: +41 (0)44 451 40 51