Aquila Game Reserve **** Southern Karoo Highlands, Western Cape, South Africa
Aquila Private Game Reserve activities centre on exciting morning and evening game drives, horse safaris, quad biking adventures and visiting Khoi San Rock Art sites.
Visitors on an Aquila Private Game Reserve holiday can enjoy fine cuisine, wildlife safaris and out-rides or relax at the rock pool in summer and by the fire in winter. Golf, 4x4 mountain trails and places of interest can be found in the surrounding countryside.
Those wishing to make their Aquila Private Game Reserve holiday even more memorable can choose a fly-in safari. During a 30 minute flight from Cape Town, guests journey over the magnificent Hex River Valley and the Winelands, while the return flight reveals the sights of Robben Island and the picturesque Cape coastline.
A truly South African culinary experience awaits both day visitors and overnight guests at this game reserve in South Africa. Day tours to the Reserve include a welcome drink, full buffet breakfast and lunch. Game drives take between 2 and 3 hours and at various view points, sparkling wine and cool drinks are served on the morning drives and yummy snacks with drinks on the evening drives.
After sunset on an evening game drive, guests may encounter some of Aquila’s territorial predators such as Caracal (Lynx), Black-Backed Jackal, Bat-eared Fox and the elusive Mountain Leopard. Game drives visit ancient Khoi San Bushman paintings, some sites date back 10,000 years.
In the immediate area of the reserve one can enjoy trout fishing, visit the impressive Wine Routes, play golf in Ceres, visit the Karoo Botanical Gardens and the museums, and tour the Karoo villages with an array of farm stalls and curio shops. Matjiesfontein Village is an historic town where daily tours take place from a double-decker London Bus.
Activities and attractions at Aquila:
Birding
Restaurant
Rock swimming pool
Quad bike Safaris
Game viewing safaris in open 4x4 vehicles
Bushmen paintings
Horseback safaris
Nearby activities that can be arranged from Aquila:
Guests at Aquila Private Game Reserve can experience unforgettable game viewing safaris in open 4x4 vehicles.
Bushmen rock art
On every game drive at Aquila Game Reserve at least one of the several Khoi San Bushman rock art painting sites, dating back up to 10 000 years, can be seen.
