Shamwari – Bayethe Lodge

Overview

Location: South Africa–>Eastern Cape–>Shamwari Game Reserve
Accommodation Type: Lodge

Good For: Solo, Couple/Romantic, Family |

Shamwari Game Reserve is a 25 000 hectare, malaria free, private game reserve situated in the Eastern Cape. The reserve has received numerous international awards, including the World’s Leading Conservation Company and Game Reserve for five consecutive years. Shamwari boasts five eco-systems, thus enabling the support of a wide diversity of plant, animal and bird life.

Bayethe, or, ‘I salute you’, is the warm African greeting that wafts across the African bush at this tented paradise. The verdant riverine vegetation camouflages the luxurious Bayethe Lodge, affording guests seclusion and unsurpassed comfort while being serenaded by the sounds of the wild. The lodge offers an authentic bush experience, outstanding cuisine, personalised attentive service, and a chance to unwind and relax in sumptuous comfort.

Accommodation

Bayethe can accommodate a maximum of twenty-four guests in twelve luxurious tents. The nine tents at Bayethe Lodge are nestled along the bed of the river and hidden amongst trees ensuring privacy and seclusion. The en-suite tents have wooden floors and canvas sides, with sliding doors that open onto a viewing deck and private plunge pool. Three of the tents have indoor showers, while the remaining six offer guests the opportunity of showering outdoors beneath a canopy of stars. There are an additional three Premier tents at Bayethe Hills, which offer all the features of the lodge tents plus additional luxuries such as a fireplace, satellite TV and hammocks on the deck.

Wildlife

Shamwari boasts five different eco-systems, providing for great biodiversity of plants, birds, and animals. Guests frequently sight the Big Five during their stay, along with cheetah, caracal, wild dog and a variety of antelope. Evening game drives often reveal the more rarely seen nocturnal creatures, such as the hopping springhare, aardwolf, and brown hyena. Shamwari Game Reserve opened the Ian Player Rhino Awareness Centre in 2012 as a place where guests can learn about rhinos and the growing epidemic of rhino poaching in South Africa. The wildlife department is active in maintaining the delicate ecological balance and taking care of the health and safety of the animals.

Shamwari Game Reserve boasts over 250 bird species. Raptor species include Black Harriers, Pale Chanting Goshawks, Black-shouldered Kites, Booted Eagles and Secretary Birds. The Bushman’s River meanders through the reserve providing a great refuge for kingfishers, darters, the African Shelduck, finfoots and the iconic African Fish Eagle.

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Children
Children under the age of 12 are not permitted at the lodge.

Directions

Self-dive instructions:
Follow the N2 out of Port Elizabeth heading towards Grahamstown bypassing the R342 turn-off,continue along the N2 until you reach a sign board Eagles Crag and Baythe on the Sidbury road.
Turn left on the gravel road and follow this road passing through the Kwantu gate until you reach a T-junction.
At the T-junction follow the sign boards right to Bayethe.

GPS co-ordinates: -33.39989, 26.18409