Tswalu is well known for black-maned Kalahari lion, desert black rhino, oryx, kudu, red hartebeest, springbok, giraffe, and cheetah. There are over 80 mammals on the reserve. A commitment to research and conservation saw the reintroduction of species like the black-maned lion, desert black rhino, and Hartmann’s mountain zebra. Tswalu is also one of the best places in Africa to see nocturnal species that prove highly elusive elsewhere, such as brown hyena, aardwolf, aardvark, bat-eared fox, African wild cat, Cape fox and Temminck’s pangolin. Spending a morning in the company of habituated meerkats, observing a cheetah mother and her cubs, following lion pride dynamics, searching for nocturnal animals after dark, or getting up close to giraffe, kudu or Burchell’s zebra on horseback all add up to a multifaceted safari.