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Buffelsdrift Game Lodge

Buffelsdrift Game Lodge is situated near Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, South Africa. It is 6 km outside the town and on the road that leads to the famous Cango Caves. The setting is in a valley approaching the Swartberg mountains with typical Little Karoo bushveld and 'fynbos'.

The main lodge is on the banks of a 5 ha waterhole with hippo, turtle and fish. Accommodation is in a variety of luxury tents that include all the amenities of a luxury lodge, such as an en-suite bathroom, private outdoor hot water shower, air conditioning, digital safe, tea and coffee facilities, etc.

Activities at the lodge include bush safaris in open vehicles with qualified guides, horse back safaris as well as elephant feeding and riding.

The lodge is in close proximity to a number of very popular attractions in and around Oudtshoorn. A nearby ostrich farm gives educational exposure to these exceptional birds. The iconic Cango Caves are world renowned, you can do a standard tour of 1 hour or an extended adventure tour.

Tours that include Buffelsdrift Game Lodge

View from the Outeniqua Pass

Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
Tour Type: Scheduled tours
Luxury Level: ****
Price: R1,380 single supplement (±US$ 99 )
R11,185 per person sharing (±US$ 806 )

Valid dates: Nov 2014 - Oct 2015


This tour combines the scenic Route 62 and Garden Route. Get close to ostriches and elephants, tour the Cango Caves, do a sunset cruise on the Knysna Estuary, an ocean cruise at Plettenberg Bay in search of dolphins, seals and whales, visit the Tsitsikamma Forest and Storm's River Mouth.

Highlights: Oudtshoorn , Knysna , Cango Caves , Buffelsdrift Game Lodge , Knysna Estuary , Plettenberg Bay , Tsitsikamma , Storm’s River Mouth , Storm's River Mouth suspension bridge .

Storms River Mouth

Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
Tour Type: Scheduled tours
Luxury Level: ****
Price: R11,185 per person sharing (±US$ 806 )
R1,380 single supplement (±US$ 99 )

Valid dates: Dec 2014 - Oct 2015


This tour combines the scenic Garden Route and Route 62. Visit the Tsitsikamma Forest and Storm’s River Mouth, do an ocean cruise at Plettenberg Bay in search of dolphins, seals and whales, a sunset cruise on the Knysna Estuary, tour the Cango Caves and get close to ostriches and elephants.

Highlights: Garden Route , Storm’s River Mouth , Knysna Estuary , Plettenberg Bay , Robberg and Robberg Nature Reserve , Outeniqua Pass , Oudtshoorn ostrich farms , Route 62 , Cango Caves , Buffelsdrift Game Lodge .

Buffelsdrift Game Lodge attractions

View across the town of Oudtshoorn in South Africa's Klein Karoo.

Oudtshoorn

Today tourists from across South Africa and the world flock to Oudtshoorn. The two main attractions are, ostrich show farms and the Cango Caves. Both of these feature among South Africa's top 20 tourist attractions. The town's geographical location is perfect for tourists as it lies virtually on the border of the Garden Route.

A large natural hall in the Cango Caves near Oudtshoorn in South Africa.

Cango Caves

The Cango Caves are located in the foothills of the Swartberg Mountains, some 28km north of Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo near South Africa's popular Garden Route. The Caves, a national monument and one of South Africa's top 20 tourist attractions, feature huge concert-hall sized chambers as well as narrow passages and rooms.

The scenic Cogmanskloof Mountain Pass is encountered on the pupular Route 62 between Montagu and Ashton in South Africa's Western Cape Province.

Route 62

Route 62 connects Cape Town to Port Elizabeth and is an exciting alternative to the National Road (N2). The R62 offers the traveler a constantly changing landscape with vineyards and fruit orchards, interspersed with dry arid areas, always surrounded by mountain ranges of different kind and shape.

The view of the surrounding mountains from a viewpoint on the Outeniqua Pass outside George, linking it to the Klein Karoo in the interior.

Outeniqua Pass

The Outeniqua Mountain Range runs from East to West and is the great divide between the Garden Route to the South and the Little Karoo to the North. The main road between the towns of George in the Garden Route to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karroo traverses the scenic Outeniqua Pass.

A typical Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) landscape near Barrydale on Route 62.

Klein Karoo

The Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) in South Africa is the smaller brother, of the Great Karoo to its North. The Klein Karoo is a hot and dry fairly narrow valley that runs from East to West, bordered to the North by the Swartberg Mountain range and to the South by the Outeniqua Mountains.

Ostriches on a farm near Oudtshoorn in South Africa.

Oudtshoorn ostrich farms

Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, South Africa, is known as the ostrich capital of the world. Today a visit to one of the ostrich show farms in Oudtshoorn is rated as one of the 20 main tourist attractions in South Africa. These visits are not only very informative, but also highly entertaining.