The real beauty of Kariega Game Reserve

At the 10th of February I had a real privilege to see some of the stunning landscape and animals of Kariega Game Reserve. Two of my roommates are doing their internship at Kariega, they are landscape designer to be. Anyway, that Thursday I went with hem to get a little taste and feel of how Kariega looks like. First I arrived at the restaurant of the main lodge and by then it all started with an absolutely breath taking view:

When the boys had to make some pictures of a house in the valley I was allowed to go with them. Lucky me! This unexpected but secretly wanted ride through the reserve was truly amazing. A really nice volunteer from the U.S. drove us around and showed us some of the amazing animals. She also told us some fun facts about the animals like how to recognize a male or female. So while our guide told us all about the animals we were enjoying the beautiful animals and the environment. We were very lucky that day because there was a lot of game out like giraffes, impalas, zebras, waterbucks, buffalos, bush bucks, wildebeest, baboons, vervet monkeys, nyalas, some beautiful birds and even a rhino.

But I think that the real beauty of Kariega is hidden in something else than the stunning views and fantastic animals. Kariega is namely a little piece of the South African East Cape that we don’t see that often anymore. This is because of the fact that a lot of volunteers and employees are working every day to keep the indigenous plants out of the reserve so that Kariegas nature goes back to how it used to be.

In short, I think Kariega Game Reserve is the perfect combination of seeing all kind of wild animals in their natural habitat while you’re experiencing the real beauty of the East Cape.