{"id":32805,"date":"2016-12-05T14:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T12:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/tswalu-lodge-kalahari\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:46:56","slug":"tswalu-lodge-kalahari","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/south-africa\/tswalu-lodge-kalahari","title":{"rendered":"Tswalu Kalahari Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Barefoot luxury in a private nature reserve<\/h2>\n<div><strong>Tswalu Kalahari<\/strong> is South Africa&#8217;s largest private nature reserve with vast hills and savannah. Everything here is about conservation. Er worden slechts 40 gasten tegelijk toegelaten om de natuur zo min mogelijk te belasten. In geen enkel natuurreservaat in Zuid-Afrika verblijven z\u00f3 weinig bezoekers per vierkante kilometer. Tijdens de safari&#8217;s komt u hooguit wat andere gasten tegen, maar verder heeft u het landschap helemaal voor u en uw reisgezelschap. U rijdt rond in een priv\u00e9-voertuig met een gids die het landschap kan &#8216;lezen&#8217; en die de geheimen van de <strong>Kalahari<\/strong> op boeiende wijze onthult. U leert op welke wijze plant en dier zich hebben aangepast aan deze omgeving vol uitdagingen: extreme temperatuurschommelingen en een structureel gebrek aan water. Ondertussen speurt u naar leeuwen met zwarte manen, hyena&#8217;s, oryx of gemsbok en sabelantilopes. Heeft u veel geluk, dan ziet u zelfs een zwarte neushoorn of cheetah. De enorme ruimte om u heen krijgt steeds meer betekenis en u vindt houvast in de grote leegte.          <em>Where the world can&#8217;t find you&#8230;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Three unique locations: Motse, Tarkuni and Loapi<\/h3>\n<div>The lodge consists of three locations, and you can choose to stay at different sites during your stay. If you choose <strong>Motse<\/strong> , you will stay in one of the nine <em>le<\/em> <em>gae<\/em> : spacious cottages with views of the savannah. The five luxurious suites at <strong>Tarkuni<\/strong> are available for privatization if you are traveling with a group of up to ten people. Finally, there is the highly exclusive <strong>Loapi<\/strong> : a camp with six luxury canvas safari tents featuring a plunge pool, butler service, and plenty of privacy. As a guest at one of these locations, you have access to the shared facilities of The Motse.    <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>Tips &#038; Tops Tswalu Kalahari Reserve:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>The Motse<\/strong> features special <em>family<\/em> <em>suites<\/em> ; these nine legae of Motse share an infinity pool, from which you overlook the savannah landscape.<\/li>\n<li>At The Motse, you&#8217;ll find an extensive library, a spa and fitness center, and a boutique<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tarkuni&#8217;s<\/strong> five suites are built under a single thatched roof, each with its own veranda overlooking the landscape<\/li>\n<li>Tarkuni is for private use only; you\u2019ll have access to a private chef, your own host, a private safari vehicle with a guide and <em>tracker, a <\/em>swimming pool, and a spacious outdoor lounge around an open fire<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loapi<\/strong> features four double safari tents with indoor and outdoor areas, as well as two larger accommodations: these mini-compounds are located at least 50 meters apart to ensure maximum privacy<\/li>\n<li>Loapi&#8217;s safari tents are exceptionally luxurious and here you will have a small <em>plunge pool,<\/em> dedicated service from your own host, a private chef, and your own safari vehicle with guide and <em>tracker<\/em><\/li>\n<li>There are two sites for a<em> drag-out<\/em> at remote locations outside the three encampments: Malori and Naledi. Here you will stay in the middle of the desert in a very comfortable safari tent on a platform, for the ultimate experience of silence and brilliant starry skies <\/li>\n<li>Going on safari in Tswalu can be done in various ways: by 4WD, on foot, as well as on horseback<\/li>\n<li>Are you traveling with children? At Tswalu, they enjoy teaching them about life in the desert. The special bushwalks for children are very educational and conclude with a well-deserved picnic  <\/li>\n<li>Restaurant Boscia, run by South African chef Luke Dale Roberts, is built underground, beneath a 100-year-old farmhouse. The chef serves a five-course menu that combines his classical European training and Asian influences with local ingredients such as game, tsammameloen, Kalahari salt, dates, and wild rosemary. <\/li>\n<li>Member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/travel-options\/travel-options\/traveling-with-virtuoso-benefits\">Virtuoso<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barefoot luxury in a private nature reserve with three unique locations: Motsi, Tarkuni and Loapi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":300697,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[207],"highlight_category":[603,703],"continent_category":[186],"class_list":["post-32805","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-south-africa","highlight_category-accommodatie-en","highlight_category-virtuoso-en","continent_category-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424875,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32805\/revisions\/424875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=32805"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=32805"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=32805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}