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Spend a full day swapping Cape Town’s coastline for open savanna: a wine-and-cheese stop at Fairview, a buffet lunch, and a 2–3 hour open-vehicle game drive at Aquila Private Game Reserve with a chance to see the Big Five.
Spend a full day swapping Cape Town’s coastline for open savanna: a wine-and-cheese stop at Fairview, a buffet lunch, and a 2–3 hour open-vehicle game drive at Aquila Private Game Reserve with a chance to see the Big Five.
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Operated by Shine The Way Tours · Touws River, Western Cape
The morning air is sharp as the minivan peels away from Cape Town’s shoreline and the mountain-silhouette slides behind you. By mid-morning the bus eases onto rural tar, vineyards arriving like ordered green rows; by noon the scrub opens and the Acacia and grasslands of Aquila spread wide. A welcome drink at the lodge, a buffet lunch, then a 2–3 hour open-vehicle game drive where big silhouettes—elephant flanks, buffalo shoulders, lion profiles—move against a low, flat horizon.
easy.
8 hours.
Minimal fitness required—most of the day is spent seated in a vehicle with short guided walks or viewing stops.
No. The reserve entrance fee (about R1,890 per person) is payable directly at Aquila on the morning of the safari or via the link they provide prior to the tour.
Pickup is typically from Cape Town hotels within a 15 km radius, starting around 08:00; exact pickup time and point are confirmed after booking.
Wildlife cannot be guaranteed—Aquila hosts the Big Five and sightings are common, but animal movements are natural and sightings depend on timing and conditions.
Lunch is included as a buffet and a welcome drink is provided; alcoholic and extra beverages at the lodge are usually excluded and paid separately.
Aquila sits on former farmland repurposed for conservation and tourism; the reserve is part of a broader regional effort to reintroduce and protect large mammals in managed private reserves.
Entrance fees and tour revenues support anti-poaching, habitat management and species reintroductions—stick to ranger guidance to minimize disturbance and support sustainable tourism.
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