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Full-Day Safari: Explore Cape Town Game Reserve
4.2
611 Ratings
Touws River
Get ready for a thrilling wildlife safari at Aquila Game Reserve, just outside Cape Town. Spot the Big Five and endangered species on an unforgettable game drive!
Get ready for a thrilling wildlife safari at Aquila Game Reserve, just outside Cape Town. Spot the Big Five and endangered species on an unforgettable game drive!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
72 hours
Highlights
- Aquila Private Game Reserve - Includes: a welcome drink upon arrival, an open vehicle game drive, and a buffet lunch.
Drinks and additional extras are at your own expense.
- Aquila Private Game Reserve - Includes: a welcome drink upon arrival, an open vehicle game drive, and a buffet lunch.
Drinks and additional extras are at your own expense.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off with an English-speaking driver
- Lunch included
- English-speaking professional Game Ranger
- Exciting Game Drive experience
- Hotel pickup and drop-off with an English-speaking driver
- Lunch included
- English-speaking professional Game Ranger
- Exciting Game Drive experience
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
Embark on an amazing full-day safari tour at a stunning Game Reserve! Enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup from your central Cape Town accommodation, ensuring a stress-free adventure. All that’s left is to look forward to exploring the private, malaria-free reserve. Experience an unforgettable game drive through the park, keeping an eye out for the…
Embark on an amazing full-day safari tour at a stunning Game Reserve! Enjoy the convenience of hotel pickup from your central Cape Town accommodation, ensuring a stress-free adventure. All that’s left is to look forward to exploring the private, malaria-free reserve. Experience an unforgettable game drive through the park, keeping an eye out for the renowned Big Five and other endangered species.
- Tour accommodates maximum 8 guests, however there will be more guests at the Reserve and on the game drive.
- If guests are making their own way to a listed pick-up point, they need to allow sufficient travelling time (ie… traffic delays etc…) in order to arrive at the pickup point in time for collection.
- Should guests not arrive by the scheduled departure time, the tour will depart and no refunds will be given.
- Surcharge will apply for any amendments (ie.. date change, name change, pax number change etc…) made 7days or less prior to travel.
- It is compulsory that guests contact us 48 hours prior to tour departure to re-confirm that they will still be travelling on the tour. Should clients not make contact with us by 48 hours prior to travel date, the booking will automatically be cancelled.
- When more than one person is travelling – we require names and last names of all guests travelling (reason being if tour booking is made with one person and the hotel reservation is made under another, we will be informed by the hotel that there ais nobody by that name at the hotel which will result in delays and could cause the guests to miss the tour).
- Our starts at 9:00 AM; pickup begins around 8:20 AM
- Return to your hotel around 18:30 PM
Location
Aquila Private Game Reserve
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(611 Ratings)
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Dino_f
Apr 21, 2026
Great tour for everyone in your family. - The tour experience was great, from the hotel pick up, large well stocked buffet, the experienced ranger/driver was both incredibly knowledgeable and very funny (Max)!!
Highly recommended
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Lourdes_j
Apr 14, 2026
Superb Short Visit - Our safari guide for the day was very informative, professional and kind. He also handled the vehicle proficiently. Everyone at Aquila were so hospitable and welcoming, including the animals at the reserve...the rhinos only showed us the top of their heads, but that's okay. We want to be back at the reserve for a longer stay.
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Eduardo_e
Apr 10, 2026
Excellent… - Safari was impressive…Awesome…Beatiful place…Perfect attention and service…High recommended…Thanx for experience…
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Mychelle_d
Apr 4, 2026
Excellent! - Although the reservation is a bit away from Cape Town, I found the tour very cool for those who do not have the opportunity to visit other reservations. Our driver was polite and very friendly, the safari was beautiful (especially for me, who had never seen any of the animals close by) The food also found a little weak, it is buffet style. They offer welcome drinks and also drinks before the end of the tour. For kids I found wonderful.
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Mark_h
Mar 31, 2026
Good intro to Safari experience - Good introduction to a safari experience. Buffet very good, drive excellent - it is an enclosed reserve so not full safari experience but nonetheless saw the everything we expected to see.
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Bryan_h
Mar 23, 2026
A good day - Everything was good: the driver (Rudy), the reserve, the guide, the lunch. I really appreciated that the drive was quiet. At the reserve, the elephants were my favorites, and enclosed lions are always a disappointment as they mainly sleep.
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Suzanneau6940kg
Apr 16, 2026
This was my first Safari, I had a good experience - This was my first Safari ride, although it turned out to be a game reserve, but for me it was a good experience.
I was with a group of friends as part of an organized trip, we were welcomed with soft drinks or wine.
The jeep tour/ride lasted for around 2 hours, with a brief rest stop on the way.
The jeep driver/guide was friendly and humorous.
I had the chance to see 4 of the big 5.
The jeep ride however was very bumpy and dusty, since it's wild life with a rugged terrain, I wore sunglasses and a mask to shield my eyes and nose/mouth from the dust. In my opinion such a tour/ride is not recommended for senior people, or pregnant women, or people with health issues.
After the tour/ride I had lunch at the Aquila dinning area, lunch was included as part of the booking, the buffet had a good variety of foods and desserts which were tasty, the staff were courteous, however flies were hovering around us so I kept shooing them away from my food.
There are clean rest rooms near the dinning area.
There's a small outdoor swimming pool onsite at the Aquila near the dinning area, where people can either swim or just recline.
There's a souvenir shop at the exit area, it was pricey and I personally did not buy anything, but my friends did.
The Aquila was not crowded during my tour.
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Chris_m
Mar 31, 2026
A potted safari - The trip from Cape Town and back takes four hours. A long time for a 2.5 hour game experience. Transport excellent; service excellent; hotel is a lovely location; inch goof; guide very helpful and knowledgeable. It's not real - it's an artificially created experience like a big version of a UK safari park. If you just want to see the animals without experiencing a real safari then this is it.
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Sarah_m
Mar 21, 2026
Tour was great but driver very rude - The actual safari experience was great. The guide josh was very informative and knowledgeable and stopped for lots of photo opportunities. We were lucky enough to see most of the big 5, minus the leopard which is more nocturnal..
This tour is operated by Cullinan Guided Journeys so this is where i am reducing the stars.
Our driver rudi was extremely rude, he barely spoke on the 2hr journey there or the 2hr journey back. His driving was very erratic as well and he would get very close to the cars. I know he was not a tour guide, but a friendly driver makes all the difference considering it was a 4 hr journey.
I would overall say aquila is a great day out, but would consider booking directly on Aquilas website because they offwr the same package (minus the private transportation) and sort out a private transfer yourself because of our experience with the driver of Cullinan guided tours. Alternatively look for an alternative provider who offers this.
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Fabianos628
Mar 29, 2026
Bad. - We went to spend the day there and does not pay.It is very far, so leave early from Cape Town, reason this tour is very expensive. Expectations for the saffari were high,but soon turned into disappointment. The area is very small.The saffari itself lasts 2h.I saw the animals. One cannot not see there in a situation of captivity. They charge horrors to show nothing.
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