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Samara Game Reserve Safari | Luxury Karoo All-Inclusive

Name: Samara Game Reserve Safari | All-Inclusive Karoo Escape
Price: 78800 ZAR
Availability: InStock

Original price was: R80,920.Current price is: R78,800.

4 nights accommodation on all inclusive in a Karoo suite including fligths and transfers.

Rates include, depending on guest interests: – Access to 67,000 acres of exclusive born-again wilderness

– Luxury en-suite accommodation as specified

– Daily game drives with experienced guide & tracker

– Night drives to spot nocturnal species

– Spekboom planting experience

– Guided bush walks

– Wildlife tracking including tracking cheetah on foot

– Medicinal plant interpretive walks

– San rock art

– Conservation and community storytelling

– Contribution to the cost of conservation

– Stargazing

– All meals including picnics

– All beverages

– Children’s activities

– Internal transfer from/to Samara’s airstrip

– Laundry

– Wifi

Rates exclude:

– Star bed experience

– Fly camping experience

– Spa treatments

– Gift shop purchases

– Donations to The

Friends of Samara Trust

non-profit organisation

– Gratuities

Description

Location & setting

The reserve is situated in the semi-desert region of the Great Karoo in the Eastern Cape, near Graaff‑Reinet.
It covers around 67,000 acres (≈27,000 ha) of rewilded landscape combining plains, plateaus, mountain grasslands, and river systems.
It is malaria-free.

Samara is home to a wide variety of wildlife: the “Big Five” (including both black & white rhino), cheetah (with tracking on foot available), giraffe, Cape mountain zebra, and many other arid-adapted species.
Game drives depart early morning and late afternoon to take advantage of key wildlife activity times.
The landscape is unique: at the junction of five vegetation biomes, which creates diversity of habitat.

There are luxury lodges on the property, with different levels of inclusion.
For example: rates from about R20230 per person sharing (Full Board Plus) for one of the lodges for 2025-26.
The style emphasizes “slow safari” and meaningful connection with the land rather than rushed game-ticking.

Rewilding & conservation: Samara has transformed former livestock-farmland into a restored wilderness, reintroducing species and rehabilitating land.
Low guest-to-land ratio: Fewer guests relative to the size of the reserve means a more intimate experience.
Malaria-free safari: Important for travellers who prefer avoiding malaria zones.
Unique landscape: Being in the Karoo means different scenery compared to classic savannah safari lodges.

Because of its remote and large scale nature, logistics (getting there) matter. It’s about 2.5 hours by road from the coast / Port Elizabeth region.
The style is luxury safari, so the pricing is higher than simple game-lodge options.
The Karoo environment might be more sparse than lush jungle or dense forest safari settings — if you expect classic dense bush, note the difference.
For peak wildlife sightings (especially elusive species) you still need to spend time and go out on drives/walks — you won’t just rely on “seeing everything from the lodge.”