Small group experience
This stay and explore holiday is tailored for a maximum of just 17 guests so you can expect a friendly and relaxing atmosphere. Fringing the Karongwe Private Game Reserve, Shiduli Private Game Lodge offers an unrivalled African safari experience where the warm atmosphere, friendly staff and fine cuisine complement the excellent game viewing.
Game drives
Open vehicle game drives are perfect for game viewing and you can enjoy a sundowner while the sun sets over the magnificent Drakensberg Mountains. Game drives are conducted with qualified game rangers and Shangaan trackers – who will share their vast experience of the African Bush.
A warm welcome
Dedicated to preserving the natural environment and cultural heritage for future generations, the friendly staff of the Shiduli Private Game Lodge offer a warm welcome and create an awareness of the responsibility towards the protection and restoration of the rapidly diminishing natural wildlands.
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is one of the most famous game parks in the world. It is also one of the biggest, almost the size of Switzerland, and one of the oldest, established in 1898. You may be lucky enough to see some of the ‘Big Five’ - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.
The Drakensberg Mountains
Literally meaning ‘dragon mountains’, the Drakensbergs form a long basalt escarpment of numerous sheer, jagged peaks, in stark contrast to the green, verdant valleys to their east. They have names such as Giant Castle, Cathedral Peak, the Sentinel and Thabana Ntleyana, meaning ‘Beautiful Mountain’.

Hotel highlights

Game drives

Open vehicle game drives are perfect for game viewing and you can enjoy a sundowner while the sun sets over the magnificent Drakensberg Mountains. Game drives are conducted with qualified game rangers and Shangaan trackers – who will share their vast experience of the African Bush.

Shiduli Private Game Lodge QQQQ

VIP door-to-door travel service
Travel insurance
Return scheduled flights and transfers
Full board
Free bar open 12 hours a day
Five game drives
Two excursions
Welcome drink and farewell dinner
The services of a Saga representative
Porterage at your hotel
Fruit and water on your arrival
And more

Please call
0800 096 0078
for latest availability

Cape Town

3 nights half board pre-extension

Before your holiday, spend three nights at the stylish Protea President (4Q), the perfect base from which to explore Cape Town.

The Protea Hotel President is located in the pleasant district of Bantry Bay, between the suburbs of Sea Point and Clifton and about five kilometres west of downtown Cape Town. This large and elegant hotel has a bar, a restaurant, a hair and beauty salon and a curio shop. Leisure facilities include a gym and an outdoor swimming pool, and there are shuttle buses from the hotel to the Canal Walk Shopping Centre. Buses to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront stop a short distance from the hotel.

All rooms are air-conditioned and have a direct-dial telephone, satellite television, hairdryer and tea and coffee making facilities.

Alternatively, upgrade to the elegant Table Bay Hotel (5Q), set in the heart of Cape Town's Victoria and Alfred Waterfront for a supplement (breakfasts included only).

Stunning Table Mountain, Cape Town

Cape Town upgrade to the Table Bay Hotel

3 night pre-extension upgrade in Cape Town

Alternatively, upgrade your Cape Town extension to the elegant Table Bay Hotel (5Q), Set in the heart of Cape Town's Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (breakfasts included only).

Rocktail Bay

5 nights full board pre-extension

Before your main holiday stay five nights at Rocktail Beach Camp (3Q) within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park on the KwaZulu Natal Coast to spend time exploring this wilderness area.

Just 500 metres from 40 kilometres of unspoilt beaches, where you can enjoy world-class snorkelling and diving in the UNESCO-protected Maputaland Marine Reserve. Look out for wildlife including hippos, crocodiles exotic birds in nearby lakes as well as the giant leatherback turtles that frequent the beaches of this protected area.

Your accommodation is sophisticated and spacious tented rooms situated within the Maputaland Coastal Forest. Each has its own en suite shower room. Facilities include a central dining room, bar lounge and large pool.

There are four half-day included excursions on your extension - Lala Nek, Black Rock, Lake Sibaya and Community Project.

Rocktail Beach Camp

KwaZulu Natal

7 nights full board post-extension

After your main holiday, stay seven nights at the luxurious Fairmont Zimbali Lodge (5Q) situated on the KwaZulu-Natal coast.

With excellent facilities and spectacular views of the Indian Ocean, this lodge is the perfect place to relax and a great base from which to explore both the natural and cultural highlights of fascinating KwaZulu-Natal.

Your extension also includes two excursions:

Durban City Tour (half day)

Enjoy a guided tour of South Africa’s third largest city.

Orientation Tour of Balito (half day)

On this excursion, you will enjoy an orientation of this charming seaside village. Drive along the promenade, and then stop for a lovely walk from Clarks Beach along the seaside.

You will find Zulu ladies selling their beadwork and crafts along the way. After this easy walk, you will then visit Waterberry, a delighful tea garden set in lush surroundings and enjoy included tea and cake.

After this, the guide will then take the group for an easy walk in the forest at Waterberry where you might see Bushbuck, and certainly some lovely birds.

The Fairmont Zimbali Lodge

Cape Town and KwaZulu Natal

3 nights half board pre-extension in Cape Town and
7 nights full board post-extension in KwaZulu Natal

Combine the 3-night half-board pre-extension in Cape Town at Protea President Hotel with the 7-night full-board post-extension on the KwaZulu Natal Coast at the Fairmont Zimbali Lodge. Details of both hotels can be found above.

Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

Cape Town upgrade to the Table Bay Hotel and KwaZulu Natal

3 nights pre-extension upgrade in Cape Town and
7 nights full board post-extension in KwaZulu Natal

Upgrade your Cape Town pre-extension to the Table Bay Hotel (5Q) (breakfasts included only) and then combine with the 7-night full-board post-extension on the KwaZulu Natal Coast at the Fairmont Zimbali Lodge. Details of both hotels can be found above.

Rocktail Bay and KwaZulu Natal

5 nights full board pre-extension at Rocktail Bay and
7 nights full board post-extension at KwaZulu-Natal

Combine the five-night stay at Rocktail Beach Camp before your main stay with the seven night-stay at the Fairmont Zimbali Lodge on the KwaZulu Coast after your main stay. Details of both these extensions can be found above.