Nambiti Game Reserve is a private reserve of 10,000 hectares created in 2000 by the purchase of six farms by two businessmen. It has all the Big 5, with only leopards not having been introduced. Leopards are the most difficult to see (and we did not) as they had been hunted by the farmers for 200 years to protect their livestock and so still have a fear of the sound of the game drive vehicles.
A number of the animals are tagged for research and safety purposes (in case of escape from the reserve). The tracker locations are not shared with the guides, so seeing the animals with smaller populations depends on the guide’s knowldege and skill.
There are a number of lodges in the reserve, but each is relatively small and during our visit, not fully occupied. This together with the guides’ respect for the animals, mutual cooperation and size of the reserve means that the guests enjoy the animal sightings in a calm natural environment.
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