The
following game viewing activities are provided:
-
Early
morning game drive
-
Nature
walk
-
3 Hides
for game watching
-
Birdwatching
in camp and during game drives
-
Evening
game drive with spotlight
-
All game
drives in open-topped Land Rovers
Game
Drives and Bush Walks
Imagine
a lion's pre-dawn roar as the only sound accompanying your early morning
wake-up call.
As
the first rays of the sun melts the African night away, you will find yourself
on a open-topped Land Rover tracking down amongst others, five of the animals
African hunters feared the most.
Experienced
guides will not only use all their vast knowledge and bush craft to try
and show you the notorious Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and
buffalo) and other plains game such as zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, but
they will do their best to paint memories of an Africa that will never
fade away.
A nature
walk with an armed guide would add the thrill of encountering animals on
foot.
Let
your guide page with you through nature's book and explain to you the meaning
of various tracks and why tracking is seen as the origin of science.
Your
evening drive will be interrupted by sundowners and a sunset out of a Hemingway
novel.
Thereafter
the spotlight might follow grey ghosts as they move silently through the
night, bringing back memories of a time when we were the prey and they
were the undisputed rulers of the night.
Cultural
Tours
A cultural
tour to Acornhoek Village can be pre-booked.
The
visit will include:
-
meeting
with children at the Angelo pre-school centre
-
traditional
healer
-
a visit
to a local Shangaan family, having lunch with them while enjoying a tribal
dance.
-
R495 per
person (min of 2 pax)
Pondoro
Game Lodge lies in Balule Private Nature Reserve on the border of the famed
Kruger National Park in South Africa.
A comfortable
5 hour's drive from Johannesburg International Airport, the well maintained
provincial and regional road infrastructure in South Africa provides easy
access for private vehicles.
Transfers
for guests accessing the area by air through nearby Phalaborwa, Eastgate
(Hoedspruit) and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airports will be facilitated
by Pondoro Game Lodge
The
lodge is situated in the eastern lowveld that has a subtropical climate
with hot, wet summers and cool, dry winters.
Spring
and Summer
Many
animals give birth at this time of year and summer-visiting migrant bird
species can also be seen.
Average
temperatures
Spring
(September - November)
Minimum:
20 Degrees Celsius
Maximum:
30 Degrees Celsius
Summer
(December - February)
Minimum:
20 Degrees Celsius
Maximum:
35+ Degrees Celsius
Autumn
and winter
The
bush is less dense and animals congregate more around waterholes.
Average
temperatures
Autumn
(March - May)
Minimum:
20 Degrees Celsius
Maximum:
30 Degrees Celsius
Winter
(June - August)
Minimum:
10 Degrees Celsius
Maximum:
25 Degrees Celsius
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