KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Bronze Price Level Show Details
Price Level Key:
| Safari camps & resorts | City Hotels | |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | $300-500 | |
| Silver | $500-800 | $100-200 |
| Gold | $800-1200 | $200-400 |
| Platinum | $1200+ | $400+ |
| Based on high season rates (non-Christmas) | ||
Zulu Nyala began back in May of 1981 when Trevor Shaw, the founding member of the Zulu Nyala Group, decided to take a risk and buy a remote 15 500 acre piece of land in the middle of Kwa- Zulu Natal, an undeveloped but superb wilderness area. ‘Bester’s Game Ranch’, as it was then known, was simply the land with a few small, basic lodges dotted around the mountain side. Shaw named the property Zulu Nyala, after the predominant culture of the area and the beautiful but shy Nyala buck, which is plentiful in this area but rare elsewhere in the country.
He built up the lodges on the property to the extent that after 10 years he received an offer he couldn’t refuse. The lodges and land were sold – except for one small piece of land with nothing on it but an amazing view and a quarry manager’s cottage.
While it’s always a thrill to get up close and personal with some of the bigger game, don’t underestimate the magic of some the smaller bush creatures, such as warthogs, mongoose, genets, porcupines and the ever-mischievous monkeys. The privately owned reserve is home to over 40 different species of animals including and a munificence of birdlife. See Africa through the eyes of the wilderness, as you set foot into the vast and open land that is home to the wild. Let your natural senses and instincts come to life as you retune your sensory perceptions to the sounds and smells of nature.