05:30 – 09:00Sunrise game drive
R850per personThe best light and the most activity. Lions on the move, a coffee stop at the dam, back for breakfast.
- Coffee and rusks
- From age 6
Klaserie Private Nature Reserve · Greater Kruger
Into the Greater Kruger with a guide who knows it.
Sunrise and sunset game drives, walking safaris and a photographic hide, six kilometres from Hoedspruit. Open vehicles, never more than nine guests.
Open vehiclesNine seats, every one a window
FGASA guidesQualified, armed on walks
Hotel pick-upHoedspruit and nearby estates
24.30°S 31.13°EMeet at the main gate
Activities
Choose your outing.
Prices are per person and include reserve fees, coffee or sundowners, and a qualified guide.
05:30 – 09:00
15:30 – 19:00Sunset drive & sundowners
R950per personAfternoon drive, drinks on a ridge as the sun drops behind the Drakensberg, then home with a spotlight.
- Drinks and snacks
- Night drive on the way back
05:00 – 17:30Kruger day trip
R2 400per personA full day in the Kruger National Park through Orpen Gate, about an hour away. Lunch at a rest camp.
- Park entry for SA residents
- Lunch included
07:30 – 16:30Panorama Route & Blyde Canyon
R1 650per personUp the escarpment: the Three Rondavels, Bourke's Luck Potholes and God's Window, with a boat trip on the dam.
- Boat trip on the Blyde Dam
- All entry fees
Walking safari06:00 · 3 hR1 100
On foot with an armed guide, learning tracks, dung and birds. From age 16; good walking shoes.
Photographic hideany time · 2–4 hR600
A sunken hide at the waterhole, eye level with elephants. Bean bags and power for cameras.
Private vehicleon requestR7 500
The whole vehicle and guide for your group, up to nine people, on your timetable.
From the guides' notebook
Breeding herd at the Klaserie River 
Male leopard, Marula Loop 
Female resting, midday
What we've seen this week.
Sightings log
Week of 19 October · written up after each drive
- ThuMale leopard on a kudu killsunset
- ThuElephant herd, about 40sunrise
- WedTwo white rhino, mother and calfsunrise
- WedPack of 11 wild dogs at the damsunset
- TueLion pride with four cubssunrise
- MonBuffalo bachelor herdwalk
- MonPearl-spotted owlet, ground hornbillssunset
Wild animals keep their own hours. We can't promise a sighting, but we'll tell you honestly what's about.
Good to know
Before you come out with us.
Bring
- A warm layer: winter mornings are cold in an open vehicle
- Hat, sunscreen and water
- Binoculars, if you have them
- Neutral colours on walks
Ages
- Game drives from age 6
- Walking safaris from 16
- Younger children: book a private vehicle
- Children 6–12 pay half price
Booking
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
- Drives go out in light rain; we cancel for storms
- Pick-up from Hoedspruit hotels R150 per vehicle
- Low-risk malaria area
Hoedies members
15% off sunset drives for locals, on weekdays.
For Hoedies certified members. Book ahead and show your Hoedies card at check-in.
See the deal on Hoedies →98%
Saw all five in one afternoon. Our guide knew every bird.
Johan V. · 188 of 192 Hoedspruit locals on Hoedies recommend us
Sundowners on the ridge, every evening.
Where we meet
Klaserie main gate.
Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, main gateOff the R40, six kilometres north of Hoedspruit
Or we fetch youFrom hotels and estates around Hoedspruit, R150 per vehicle
Daily 05:30–19:00Bookings by phone or WhatsApp
082 555 0198Call or WhatsApp
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