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Guests pile into an Open Air vehicle, eager to venture deeper into the Nature Reserve, where a tale of tribes lies in wait. A short drive into the trip the car rolls to a stop and everyone quickly disembarks onto the warm, white sand underfoot. Looming ahead is a...
In September of 2020, Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve welcomed the first Bontebok calf born on the Reserve in recent years. This is a celebrated milestone for Kagga Kamma’s conservation efforts, as well as that of this critically endangered species. While the year...
The sun sets on another glorious Kagga Kamma day. In the distance, the burning sun fades into a molten sphere, until it disappears from view below the horizon. A cool breeze lifts and a sigh of relief from the fynbos can be felt as cool darkness sets in, offering...
Kagga Kamma may seem a long way from Cape Town, but enjoying the journey through the beautiful Cape Winelands and out into the Cederberg wilderness is part of what makes the experience so worthwhile. Pack the car with a selection of your favourite ‘padkos’ and music,...
Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve was blessed with a thunderstorm late-January this year; an unusual time of year for this region to be experiencing high levels of rain. The team stood watch as grey, rolling thunder clouds blanketed the sky and large raindrops pattered to...
Eloping on the edge of the world sounds like a fantasy, the type of fairy-tale pressed between the pages of an old book. Stepping up onto the brim with your heart thudding in your ears and butterflies swirling in your stomach; feeling like you aren’t only on the edge,...
The sun stretches, and with a heavy yawn, slowly inches up into the sky, painting brushstrokes across the Cederberg landscape. As you sit on a terrace, in awe of the vastness of it all, you can’t help but notice strange forms in the shadows, where the sun has not yet...
Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve is a four-star Lodge in the Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa. The incredible rock formations are home to a number of rock hyraxes, which we South Africans call ‘dassies’. Recently, a young dassie we’ve taken to calling Rocky, the Hairy...
Like any bestseller, the story of the bontebok is an intriguing and exciting one; it is a mixture of history, thriller, doom, danger, sadness, drama and suspense. Luckily for the avid conservationist, this beautiful subspecies, like the phoenix, rose from the ashes of...
They say the earth laughs in flowers. That is why Flower Season is one of the most special, stunning and astonishing times of the year. Kagga Kamma is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the flower season. There are hundreds of species of plants that bare beautiful...
Ranger Diary 006 Jason P.E. Scholtz Dear Diary Today was awesome! While doing my rounds and daily tasks I was lucky enough to see the graceful Nectarinia famosa, more commonly known as the Malachite Sunbird. I stopped dead in my tracks as this beautiful...
Background: Tristan and his family, as well as his friend and his family, were guests at Kagga Kamma in 2016. Tristan was required to present an oral in class this year and chose to speak about his stay at Kagga Kamma. Continue reading below to experience Kagga Kamma...