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Witmos Oxwagons - Accommodation in Amakhala Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Witmos Oxwagons - Accommodation in Amakhala Game Reserve, Eastern Cape. A Voortrekker would instantly recognize the authentic canvas-covered wagons but perhaps not the giraffe-setting or the trimmings of comfort, even luxury, that have been woven into the camp. Beds are enticing these days with cotton linen and down duvets, which are – like magic – toasty when the night air is cold, but cool on hot nights. In the modern mode of things, each wagon has its own private bathroom down the wooden steps, just a few paces away, lamp-lit.

Price: 6

Dinner, bed and breakfast

3 oxwagons  for 6 sleepers

Giles’s ancestors were in the oxwagon transport business, so it is perfectly meet and right that the wagons should come to rest on his family land that was once sheep farm, now game reserve. And, yes, what is extra fantastic about the camp is that just a few hundred metres away, yet fenced off, are the giraffes, zebra, rhino, elephant and antelope of the Amakhala Game Reserve. Sitting on the large sundeck, while breakfasting or dining, the savannah-land and its grazing animals are clearly visible and audible – and just a few metres away, you will be thrilled to see a vervet monkey with her baby. Game-drives and river-cruises are utterly recommended and also pop in to visit Jennifer at the conservation centre. She has a PhD in zoology and facilitates the monitoring of the game from here.

Our hills and valleys tell silently of old conflicts and the bush holds its secrets, but now the haunting cry of the fish eagle echoes from the rugged krantzes and the veld grass whispers with the passing of peaceful game, where you too can return to nature.Day activities include game drives, canoeing, picnics and walking trails. Evenings are spent around a campfire listening to stories of days gone by with your hosts, the Gush family, descendants of the1820 Settlers.