Exploring Inverdoorn Game Reserve

Safari Awaiting for Us!

After Oudtshoorn, we had to embark on a 5h driving trip towards Ceres, where Inverdoorn Game Reserve is nearly located. The journey though long, it was enjoyable with a lot of wildlife sightings such as baboons and antelopes, snakes and tortoises..tortoises practically run I think over there..their speed was much faster than we thought..

De Denne had very nicely packed our breakfast that morning..which was extremely sumptious...really had a good time at De Denne guesthouse..and we set off happily..We were filled with excitement upon reaching Inverdoorn..as this was our first safari experience on a land rover driven by a game ranger.

inverdoorn Luxury Chalet

Wine for Celebrations!

After checking in and exploring our luxury chalet, which was the best accomodation we stayed thus far, we went to have lunch.. how the game reserve works is that..it actually caters for day visits for people in Cape Town, providing transport to and fro from the Game Reserve(located 2.5h away from Cape Town by driving) to your hotel in Cape Town, if you dont wish to stay overnight in the game reserve..(but I highly recommend you do so as you will enjoy the tasty meals..the sunrise and sunset game drives..and of cuz the starry starry night filled with a blanket of stars...)

Starry Starry Night

Inverdoorn Chalets

Ours!

Looking Forward

Our visit to Inverdoorn included 2 night stay at one of their 5 luxury chalets, all breakfast, lunch and dinner included..4 game drives in total..I must say that at least 4 game drives are necessary to spot the animals at the game reserve..you wont be able to see everything on a single game drive unless you are very lucky..some animals are more active in the morning while others just keep sleeping..like the lion in the morning..

Spotted the African Elephant

At dinner

Each game drive lasted for 3 hours and we were brought around by an experienced game ranger..Our game ranger was very spontaneous and knowledgeable..He filled us up with lotsa information on the Big Five(lion, rhinocerous, african elephant, hippotamus) and other animals(antelopes, giraffes, zebras, elands, bonteboks,cheetah) we saw along the way..drove in a safe way although the route was still very bumpy..and had been very humourous throughout the trip..Below are the various animals we have spotted..to give us a great and total experience to be in Africa..

Osama our game ranger

African Elephant

Buffalo

Hippotamus

Cheetah speed

Parallel

Couple

One on One

Mating?

Tortoise(crawls quickly!)

Migration

Reflection

I hope in future we will have the opportunity to visit Kruger National Park for more wildlife experience..have heard so many raving reviews of Kruger..unfortunately it's nt a good time to visit Kruger when we were there as temperatures may soar to 40C and above during summer time..best time to visit is during their winter season when the vegetation is sparse and animals can be easily spotted.

Love the Safari Experience!