This 6-night Trail Experience is based in the world renowned Timbavati Private Nature Reserve (PNR), part of the Greater Kruger National Park.
This is classic Big Game area with healthy populations of all ‘Big 5’ members being present. However, the focus of the highly experienced Wilderness Trails Guides, will be on facilitating a holistic nature-based experience for the duration of the Trail.
Your stay will be divided into two parts:
You will spend the first 3 nights in a fixed base-camp which is only operational for limited periods of time, ensuring minimum environmental impact according to our ‘no-trace’ ethic.
Canvas dome tents house 2 participants each. Ablutions are simple; comfortable seats crouch over pit-fall toilets and canvas bush showers stand under a canopy of trees, open to views of the surrounding bush.
The communal area is around the campfire or at the kitchen area where our cook whips up wholesome meals on a gas cooker and an open fire.
A typical day starts with a wake-up call prior to sunrise. We kick into gear with coffee, rusks and a light breakfast, before heading out on a 4 to 5 hour walk, as soon as sufficient daylight allows. The group returns to camp in the late morning for a well-earned brunch, followed by a few hours to shower, read or siesta. In the late afternoon we head off into the wildness again for another 2 to 3 hour walk. A delicious dinner and a crackling fire awaits us back at camp.
It’s a classic back-to-basics walking safari with the focus being on simplicity.
6-Night Trail Experience
There is no electricity, mobile phone signal or Wi-Fi, but we trust that you will find a strong connection.
For the remainder of your stay you will spend 3 self-sufficient nights in the wild.
On day four you will depart the Tented Camp carrying all your equipment on your back and enter a world only accessible to a privileged few.
Groups will set their own pace and explore according to their interests and capabilities.
There are no demarcated campsites or routes.
Each night is spent under the stars (no tents) at
a pristine location with participants sharing the
responsibility of ‘watch duty’.
A detailed list of ‘What to Pack’ will be provided.
Everything required for the duration of the Primitive Trail must be carried in a backpack.
The 6-Night Trail Experience caters for a maximum of 8 participants, and includes:
3-Night Tented Camp Trail | fully-catered
3-Nights Primitive Trail | fully-catered
Transfer From Hoedspruit to Timbavati Game Reserve
Transfer from Timbavati to Johannesburg
Limited Trail Equipment (detailed in the ‘What to Pack’ document)
