KwaZulu-Natal accommodation and Safari venues

Far and Wild Safaris offers accommodation bookings for, Private Game Lodges, hotels, B&B's, KZN Wildlife Parks and the Battlefields. We structure and book Tours and Safaris in Zululand and throughout KwaZulu-Natal, the Zulu Kingdom.

KwaZulu-Natal, offers a vast diversity of Wildlife in Zululand, the scenic beauty of uKhahlamba Drakensberg, the Midlands, the remote Elephant Coast, North Coast (Dolphin Coast), South Coast (Hibiscus Coast), and the Battlefields (Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer Wars). Its multicultural population. Zulu, European, Indian, with a rich legacy of the first inhabitants of the area, the San - Bushmen, in their thousands of rock art paintings found throughout the Province.

Zululand Accommodation
We offer accommodation bookings for the State run Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park, Ithala and Mkuze Game Reserves, the Isimangaliso Wetland Park, incorporating the coast and Lake St Lucia. Then also the principal Private Game Reserve venues such as Phinda Private Game Reserve Thanda Private Game Reserve, the Maynoni Private Game Reserve, Nambiti Private Game Reserve and the Amazulu Game Reserve, all Big Five Game Reserves. A vast wildlife area hosting the Big Five, as well as cheetah and some with wild dog. Conservancies created from rehabilitated farmland, such as the Nambiti Private Game Reserve, Pongola Biosphere, the Manyoni Private Game Reserve, formerly the Zululand Rhino Reserve It was in Zululand that the White Rhino was brought back from the brink of extinction. All these venues above, we recommend, and offer accommodation - there being a range of accommodation from Five star luxury lodges that are fully hosted and catered for, through to selfcatering facilities. We are able to advise on the merits of those venues we know and offer.

No wood may be brought into the various Parks due to possible Polyphagous shot hole borer beetle

Home to the Zulu Nation and their cultural legacy.

Drakensberg Mountains
The Drakensberg mountains of South Africa or uKhahlamba (the Barrier of Spears) is a 200-kilometre-long mountainous wonderland and World Heritage site with a variety of Provincial Park, as well as private Lodges, hotels and guest house accommodation.

Pietermaritzburg and Midlands
Visited by Gandhi, Mandela and Twain, home of the Comrades and Dusi Marathons, Victorian City, museums, art galleries, Valley of 1000 hills, waterfalls and a special style of country living. Full range of accommodation facilities.

Elephant Coast
The State owned and managed, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (iSimangaliso Wetland Park), Tembe Elephant Park, Ndumo Game Reserve, Kosi Bay and Sodwana. Accommodation available throughout the area, where elephant, rhino, whales and turtles are some of the animals found within this 'eco-tourism mecca' of the Zulu Kingdom or South Africa's province of KwaZulu-Natal. Enjoy the Wildlife, beaches, SCUBA diving, fishing or just relax at your accommodation venue.

North and South Coast accommodation
Beaches, resorts, golf, dolphin, sharks and whales. SCUBA diving, fishing, surfing and kite surfing. Variety of accommodation.

Battlefields
Anglo-Zulu Wars
uShaka - founder of the amaZulu Nation Dingane, Blood River, Piet Retief, UGungundlovu
Cetswayo, Battle of Isandlwana, Defence of Rorke's Drift, Lord Chelmsford
Anglo-Boer Wars
Dundee, Colenso, Spioenkop, Ladysmith, Buller, Kruger, Smuts and Churchill.

We book Lodge and guest-house accommodation in this area. Along with the Battlefield’s experience there is a good game reserve where one may enjoy sightings of general game along with lion, cheetah, rhino, elephant and buffalo. The Lodges here are mostly fully hosted and catered for, no self-drive. There is one selfcatering venue in this Nambiti Private Game Reserve open to the Public.

This is our own list of preferred accommodation in the area.
	AmaKhosi Safari Lodge AmaKhosi Lodge, the accommodation built on the Riverbank with magnificent regal River Suites offering special views of the flowing Mkuze River and wildlife below.     More Info about AmaKhosi Safari Lodge
	Ghost Mountain Inn Relax in one of our 50 tastefully appointed, en suite bedrooms complete with television, telephone and air conditioning or take in the golden African sunset from your very own garden patio. The Inn offers 23 Standard Rooms, 26 Executive Rooms and a spacious Suite.     More Info about Ghost Mountain Inn
	Nambiti Private Game Reserve Nambiti Private Game Reserve, a Big Five reserve, is well situated in a malaria free region of Kwa-Zulu Natal, approximately 3 hours drive from Durban and 4 hours from Johannesburg. The reserve is only 25 kilometres outside of Ladysmith and less than an hours drive to the Drakensberg mountains, a world heritage site.     More Info about Nambiti Game Reserve
	Phinda Private Game Reserve The accommodation venues at Phinda comprise six Lodges. The largest, Phinda Mountain Lodge, then Phinda Forest Lodge, the more exclusive Phinda Forest and Phinda Vlei Lodges as well as Zuka Lodge and The Homestead.     More Info about Phinda Game Reserve
	Thanda Private Game Reserve Thanda Private Game Reserve is situated 23km north of Hluhluwe in northern Zululand. The full suite of animal species, including the Big Five, which roamed the area in the past has been reintroduced and current management interventions are such that they work in tandem with natural processes.     More Info about Thanda Game Reserve
	Manyoni Private Game Reserve The Manyoni Private Game Reserve is located in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal about a 3 hour drive from Durban and only about 30 kilometres north of Hluhluwe. The reserve lies within the Msunduzi valley where vegetation type varies between open Savanna thornveld, bushveld, and riverine woodland.     More Info about Manyoni Private Game Reserve