KIRKMAN'S KAMP
SABI SAND GAME RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA

• Big Five game viewing
• Best Leopard viewing in Africa
• Sabi Sand Game Reserve
• Near the Kruger National Park

General information

Located on the southwestern corner of the Kruger National Park, there are no restricting fences, thus enabling the animals to roam freely just as nature intended. The 65 000 hectare Reserve offers a spectacular African safari experience.

Kirkman's Kamp, with its spectacular views of the unspoilt wilderness and the Sand River, is regarded as one of the best loved lodges in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. A well known historic camp, originally built in the early 1920's Kirkmans Kamp celebrates the atmosphere of an early South African lowveld homestead.

Accommodation

SAFARI ACCOMMODATION AT KIRKMAN'S KAMP, SOUTH AFRICA

• Spectacular views of unspoilt Sabi Sand wilderness
• 18 cottages with private verandas
• En-suite bathrooms and air-conditioning
• Rim flow swimming pool

The colonial atmosphere of gracious style and luxury has been retained, and guests step back in time upon entering the original homestead, which now houses the Lodge's sitting, bar and dining areas. Each of the 18 guest cottages has a private veranda and is furnished in the same charming style.

The large sitting room, with a 1920's ambience, leads through double French doors onto rolling lawns that provide a velvety contrast to the wild and tumbling bush surrounding the Lodge. Breakfast and lunch are served on shady verandas, and dinners are shared in the dramatic boma or in romantic lanternlit bush settings.

Kirkman's Kamp's exciting safari activities

Renowned for its exceptional African wildlife and leopard sightings, Kirkmans Kamp offers exhilarating twice-daily game-drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles and guided bush walks in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

Activities

EXCITING SAFARI ACTIVITIES AT KIRKMAN'S KAMP

Exciting safari activities

Kirkman's Kamp is excellently positioned in the game-rich Sabi Sand Game Reserve bordering the famous Kruger National park, offering thrilling wildlife related activities at no additional cost:

Twice daily Big Five game-drives

Experienced rangers and trackers will lead you on morning and afternoon/evening game-drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles. The Sabi Sand Game Reserve and Kruger National Park are of the finest Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino) game destinations in Africa and you have an excellent chance of spotting the elusive leopard.

Interpretive bush walks

Explore the Sabi Sand Game Reserve on interpretive wilderness walks led by experienced rangers or expert Shangaan trackers, and learn more about the area's intriguing fauna and flora. Guided bush walks bring you face-to-face with wild Africa at its best.

Game viewing

WILDLIFE SAFARIS AT KIRKMAN'S KAMP. SOUTH AFRICA

Exceptional African wildlife

Game-drives at Kirkman's Kamp are made memorable not only by frequent sightings of Africa's Big Five. As this exclusive eastern property of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve borders the Kruger National Park, it shares the same habitats which are home to an extraordinary range of wildlife and bird species.

• Big Five
• Best Leopard viewing in Africa
• Superlative lion viewing
• Excellent birdwatching
• Scenic Sand River
• Interpretive game-drives led by expert rangers

Kirkman's Kamp Wildlife Habitats

Kirkman's mixed bush savanna habitat is dominated by acacia, marula and combretum trees, with tamboti and weeping boerbean on raised termite mound thickets. A narrow band of riverine forest lines the Sand River and its drainage lines. These wooded habitats provide the ideal conditions for leopard, bushbuck and a variety of shade-loving birds. Rock outcrops (koppies) north of the Sand River support trees such as large-leaved rock fig and jacketplum.

Mammals at Kirkman's Kamp

Our guests are extremely likely to see territorial and individually recognizable leopard and lion which are tracked on a daily basis. Several clans of spotted hyena den in collapsed termite mounds. Impala are the most abundant antelope, with common waterbuck and grey duiker also frequently seen. Greater kudu, bushbuck and nyala favour thickets and riverine forest, whilst buffalo herds graze in tall grasslands. Waterholes attract elephant, white rhino, giraffe and warthog and many other African wildlife species during the dry season (May to October). Cape clawless otter and hippo are resident in the Sand River. Nocturnal white-tailed mongoose, African civet and large-spotted genet are frequently encountered on night game drives. Rock hyrax and klipspringer love on rocky outcrops.

Birds at Kirkman's Kamp:

There are more than 300 bird species recorded at Kirkmans Kamp. White-crested helmetshrike, lilac-breasted roller, brown-headed parrot, emerald-spotted dove and scarlet-chested sunbird are among the colourful savanna residents. Woodland kingfisher, red-chested cuckoo and Wahlberg's eagle are breeding visitors from tropical Africa during the wet summer months (October to March). The distinctive call of African scops-owl punctuates the night throughout the year. Crested francolin and helmeted guineafowl wonder on sand tracks during the early mornings and late afternoons. Saddle-billed stork, grey heron and pied kingfisher feed at waterholes and pools in the Sand River.

Other African Wildlife:

Large golden orb-web spiders hang their webs in dense vegetation. It is a unique experience to see chains of processionary caterpillars as they cross the sand tracks at the end of summer (April to May). Dung beetles actively go about their business where elephant and rhino have been. Tree monitor and water monitor are frequently encountered in savanna and riverside habitats respectively. Nile crocodiles are resident in the Sand River. Large leopard tortoise and flap-necked chameleon are other interesting reptiles. The conspicuous meringue-like nests of foam-nest frogs hang above waterholes after summer rains and 18 species of frog may breed in seasonal water bodies.

Conservation

ECOTOURISM AT KIRKMAN'S KAMP, SOUTH AFRICA

Kirkman's Kamp is committed to the core principles

Care of the Land, Care of the Wildlife, Care of the people.

The focus is

Community equity, income generation, education and health care are a primary concern. In consultation with community organisations such as the Africa Foundation - a not-for-profit rural development organisation - our partner CC Africa has contributed significantly towards improving the prosperity and living conditions of rural communities.

Ecotourism in Africa

Guests play a critical role in helping realise the dream and vision: to create a model in wise land management, integrating international travellers and rural people to their mutual benefit and demonstrating that wildlife can be preserved on a sustainable basis by all.

Positive Health Programme:

Our partner CC Africa strongly believes in its people and was recently listed as one of three finalists in the Investor in People category of the 2005 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The October 2005 edition of Africa Geographic featured an article on AIDS and conversation, and highlighted the activities and programmes that various African companies are implementing in order to increase AIDS awareness and, in doing so, empower the communities taking care of some of the world's richest wilderness regions.

"Probably the most attractive program ... is that of CC Africa... CC Africa launched a Positive Health program in 2003 and in April and May last year ran two seven-day courses.... Their approach focuses on home-based care, gardens, counseling techniques and gender issues.... The health of the habitat is critical to the health of the individuals in it.... The conservation industry is uniquely positioned to take the treatment of HIV/AIDS in radically new directions.... Benefits [of the program] include acquiring 'hard skills' such as maintaining clean water, producing food, and home-based methods of dealing with illnesses that are not life threatening.... It takes only the will of ecologically minded people to make sure that the wild places are not lost."

Africa Geographic, October 2005

Getting there

Kirkman's Kamp is easily accessible by self-drive, road transfer and air. We can pre-book and package all of your regional / internal flights and transfers.

• Federal Air offers daily scheduled flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Skukuza Airstrip, followed by a short drive to Kirkman's Kamp.
• Twice daily scheduled flights from Johannesburg to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, followed by a road transfer to the Lodge
• Driving time for self-drive guests from Johannesburg to Kirkman's Kamp is five and a half hours on excellent roads.
  Let Amanzi Travel arrange your flights for you

Price Includes/Excludes - KIRKMAN'S KAMP

What is included:

• Accommodation
• Three meals daily
• Soft drinks, house wines, local brand spirits, and beers
• Teas and coffees
• Refreshments on game drives
• Laundry
• Scheduled safari activities
• Nature walks (1 hour) accompanied by experienced armed trackers, subject to availability
• Emergency medical evacuation insurance
• VAT

What is not included:

• Telephone calls
• Safari Shop purchases
• Champagne, cognacs, fine wines, premium brand spirits, and cigars
• Transfers to and from the lodge
• Gratuities
• Government levy / bed levy
• Conservancy or park entrance fees (where applicable)
• Landing fees (where applicable)

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