Fynbos Reserve · Cape Floral Kingdom

Older than Africa

A living relic

Not named after the supercontinent. Part of it.

The fynbos here is one of the planet's last living remnants of Gondwanan flora. The proteas on this land descend directly from species that grew on the supercontinent 150 million years ago, refined without interruption ever since. Big Five roam through it. No malaria. No crowds. An evolutionary archive you can walk inside. A place for rest as much as discovery, where wellness and regenerative travel are part of the design.

A family-owned reserve, run on deep care for our people, our guests and the land.

Three deep-time stories on one land

No other safari brand can claim all three. The name has held it all along.

The supercontinent
600 million years

Gondwana assembled before the continents we know. The reserve sits on a surviving botanical fragment of it.

The fynbos
150 million years

The Cape Floral Kingdom evolved uninterrupted, spared the ice ages and extinctions that erased older biomes elsewhere.

The first people
2,000+ years

The Khoikhoi, the "real people", knew this land and its plants as medicine. Kwena Lodge carries their name.

16,000
Hectares of fynbos
Big 5
Free-roaming, malaria-free
4 hrs
From Cape Town
9,000
Cape plant species

Where to begin

The reserve, in five movements

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A private game-viewer, on us

Direct guests start their stay with a complimentary private drive. No third party gives you that.

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