Vaalkrantz Overnight Accommodation & Hiking Trail
37km hike (walk in three days).
Situated in the Queenstown/Sterkstroom district.
Appreciate and enjoy the call of nature and the Eastern Cape mountains. This hunting farm with its beautiful nature scenes is ideal for hikers. Lots of fauna, flora & game to view along the trail.
Tel: (045) 838 2216, Cell: 082 825 6387

Waterfall's Hiking Trail
Tel: 831 2060, Cell: 083 659 1053, e-mail: rogerday@computronics.co.za
The Waterfall's Hiking Trail is a sheer delight for the hiker, photographer, birder, nature lover. The trail winds up the Ingwekala River to 3 breathtaking waterfalls. The cascading waters fall to a depth of about 75 metres. Only R20 per person (10% Discount for groups of 10 or more).

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Gonubie Nature Reserve
Tel: 740 4000
Open to the public Monday-Wednesday-Thursday between 7.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. Sunday 10.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm.
Key available on request from Municipality in Main Road.
Ideal for Birdwatching and also a wide variety of indigenous plant species.

Inkwenkwezi (Private Game Reserve)
+- 33km from East London.
This unique haven is home to a spectacular variety of vegetation, game and birds.
You will see giraffe, zebra, rhino, blue and black wilde beest and numerous species of antelope from kudu to impala.
The bird life includes Stanley bustard's, gracious crested cranes, secretary birds, ground hornbills and ostriches. Directions: Take N2 towards Umtata and turn off the N2 at the Brakfontein off-ramp onto the East Coast Resorts Road. Turn left into the East Coast Resorts Road, travelling east for +- 20km. Look out for the Inkwenkezi gate entrance on the left.
On Offer: (phone the number below for the Pricing Details and Reservations)
Sunrise Game Drive and Sunset Game Drive
Guided Bird Tour
Horse Trails: Early Morning and Late Afternoon.
NOTE: Bookings for all Inkwenkwezi visits are essential
Tel: 734 3234 (ask for Liezl)

Kenyani Game Lodge
Box 12287, Amalinda, East London, South Africa
Tel: 730 7073

Mpongo Park
Open to the public 365 days per year - weather permitting - from sunrise to sunset.
Situated in the picturesque Umpongo River Valley only 29km from East London, Mpongo Park offers a whole world of wild life for game enthusiasts, bird watchers and nature lovers in the Eastern Cape.
We offer:
Self-drive tours; Day and Night safari tours; Horse Trails; Hiking; Touch Farm and Children's Playground; Curio Shop; W.J. Burchell Natural History Museum; The Huberta Restaurant; Take-Aways; The Lapa (for spit roast braais); Picnic and Braai facilities; The Huberta Lodge Bed and Breakfast; Camping and Caravanning.
Recommended route:
Take the North-East Expressway and continue along the East Coast Resorts/Beacon Bay road to the N6 (main road to Jo'burg via Stutterheim/Queenstown). Turn left onto N6 and proceed along for 23km. Turn off to the left at the Newland's /St Lukes road (follow the Mpongo Park signboards). Mpongo Park is 6km down the road.
PO Box 72, Homeleigh, 5212
Tel/Fax: 739 1668, Tel: 739 1605, 739 1669.

Shamwari Game Reserve
(75kms from Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape)
30 Rooms.
Shamwari is the Cape's premier big game experience and forms a natural extension to the famous Garden Route. This private reserve is stocked with more than seventeen antelope species, including elephant, lion, buffalo, hippo, white and the very rare black rhino. Day and night drives with your personal ranger in an open landrover allows you to experience this conservation project on a first hand basis.

Umtiza Nature Reserve (Formally Fort Grey Nature Reserve)
(About 15km from East London)
Tel: 736 3532
3 Short day nature trails (All of which start at the office) - 1.5km = 30min, 2.5km = 1hr, 6km = 2hr.