The launch of Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, which opens its gates to the public in October, will add yet another jewel to the crown of the Eastern Cape's Big Five Game Reserves. Set in the heart of the Eastern Cape's historic Frontier Country, Kwandwe stretches for 42 kilometres along the banks of the Great Fish River, an area that was the epicentre of conflict between the Xhosa and British armies during the nineteenth century.
Rich evidence remains in the buildings and memorials to be found here.
Kwandwe lies only half an hour from Grahamstown. Besides the new luxury lodge that has been built on the banks of the Great Fish River, a second farmhouse is also being sensitively renovated and restored as an exclusive, intimate three-bedroomed hideaway. The Eastern Cape, with its unique eco-tourism attractions, has seen an unprecedented growth in the development of wildlife reserves. Thousands of hectares of previously degraded farmland have been restored and converted into scenic game reserves. An added attraction is that unlike many parts of Africa that boast the Big Five, the Eastern Cape is free of malaria, cholera and bilharizia.