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Kwandwe Uplands Homestead
Trusted by 15000+ customers
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About Kwandwe Uplands Homestead
Beautifully built on either side of the curving Great Fish River in the Eastern Cape, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is a spectacular escape offering a scenic landscape rich in flora and fauna. The most remote of four villas, located in the west of the reserve, Uplands Homestead offers guests a family-friendly, exclusive safari experience with heritage and charm.
Built in the early 1900s, the original farmhouse has been lovingly restored to ensure its warmth and character shine through. There are three suites with private verandahs and en-suite bathrooms, and a spacious kitchen considered the homestead’s heart and soul – where meals are created to be shared by friends and family under the African sky.
Kwandwe Uplands Homestead Setting
Known for the best guiding, understated luxury and an abundance of animals and wildlife that call the reserve home, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve offers a range of safari activities and accommodation options to curate the ultimate safari. The scenery surrounding Uplands Homestead is the making of childhood dreams, where manicured gardens contrast with the African wilderness beyond.
Take control of your days with a private safari vehicle, ranger and tracker, and enjoy daily game drives, nature walks, big game walking safaris (tracking white rhinos, black rhinos, elephants and buffalo on foot) and fishing. Back at the homestead, there is a full-size swimming pool and gazebo set amongst rolling lawns, perfect for a spot of afternoon R&R.
Activities
Game Drives
Fishing
Massages
Game Walks
Bird Watching
Rhino Tracking
Boating
Reviews
Amazing game experience
We just finished four nights at Uplands Homestead. It was a magical family experience that we’ll never forget. The staff went out of their way to make our stay comfortable and relaxing. Under the careful supervision of our ranger, Brendon, and tracker, Dennis, we had the most amazing game experiences, including seeing all of the big five during one of our 2-hour drives.
C.Jerr
Stunning homestead!
We were so lucky to stay at the Kwandwe Uplands Homestead. It is an oasis in the middle of the reserve. For 4 days we were spoiled with delicious food, caring service, and a great safari ranger (Brendan) and tracker (Dennis). The home is lovely inside and out.
M. Stillen
Amazing game experience
We just finished four nights at Uplands Homestead. It was a magical family experience that we’ll never forget. The staff went out of their way to make our stay comfortable and relaxing. Under the careful supervision of our ranger, Brendon, and tracker, Dennis, we had the most amazing game experiences, including seeing all of the big five during one of our 2-hour drives.
C.Jerr
Stunning homestead!
We were so lucky to stay at the Kwandwe Uplands Homestead. It is an oasis in the middle of the reserve. For 4 days we were spoiled with delicious food, caring service, and a great safari ranger (Brendan) and tracker (Dennis). The home is lovely inside and out.
M. Stillen
Location
R67 Fort Brown, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Grahamstown, , 6139
How to get there
FROM PORT ELIZABETH TO KWANDWE PRIVATE GAME RESERVE:
* From Port Elizabeth travel eastwards along the N2 towards Grahamstown.
* Travel past Grahamstown and the Settlers Monument, ignoring the Beaufort Street and R67 Port Alfred turnoffs.
* A few kilometres past Grahamstown turn left onto the road at the R67 Fort Beaufort. It should be approx. 10 km's between the Settlers Monument and the Fort Beaufort Road turnoff.
* Wind your way through the Ecca Pass for approximately 19 kms. On your right you will see a large sign indicating The Great Fish River Reserve. Turn left into the gravel road opposite this sign. There are two smaller signs on the left marked
'Kwandwe' and 'Kranzdrift'.
* Travel about 5km to reach the Kwandwe gate, and continue straight along that road for a further 6km
* The first house on the left is Heatherton Towers Reception area, where you will checkin and leave your car. You will then be transferred to either Great Fish River Lodge, Ecca Lodge, Uplands Homestead or Melton Manor, which is between 15 30 minutes drive away.
FROM EAST LONDON TO KWANDWE PRIVATE GAME RESERVE:
* From East London travel along the N2 towards King Williams Town and then on to Grahamstown
* Before reaching Grahamstown turn right onto the road at the R67 Fort Beaufort. Wind your way through the Ecca Pass for approximately 19 kms. On your right you will see a large sign indicating The Great Fish River Reserve. Turn left into the gravel road opposite this sign. There are two smaller signs on the left marked 'Kwandwe' and 'Kranzdrift'.
* Travel about 5km to reach the Kwandwe gate, and continue straight for a further 6km.
* The first house on the left is Heatherton Towers Reception area, where you will checkin and leave your car. You will then be transferred to either Great Fish River Lodge, Ecca Lodge, Uplands Homestead or Melton Manor, which are between 15 30 minutes drive away
DISTANCE CHART:
* Port Elizabeth/ Kwandwe 160km 1 hour 45 minutes
* East London/ Kwandwe 185km 2 hours
