Your own Private African Retreat in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands of South Africa, ZuluWaters Game Reserve offers you the exclusive use of its 7000 acre estate for a uniquely intimate experience with the African Wilderness.

Characterised by a contemporary indigenous design aesthetic and stylish interiors, SHAKA LODGE accommodates up to 3 couples in en suite bathrooms.
The more intimate LAKE COTTAGE, in the heart of the Reserve, is ideal as a romantic getaway for two.
ZULU WATERS, a stone and thatch lodge, takes advantage of the scenic beauty of the Bushman's River and is the ideal day camp for fisherman or a picnic lunch on the banks of the River

A fully equipped kitchen, your personal chef and discreet staff are all on hand for your every need. A well stocked wine cellar provides a selection of world class wines.

Rates are fully inclusive of all meals, drinks (excluding fine wines and champagne) and activities such as game drives, guided walks, horse riding, fly fishing etc

Facilities include a private airstrip and helicopter landing area.

A very private eco-retreat in a panoramic setting of hills, valleys, rolling grasslands and crystal clear streams, set against the backdrop of the Central Drakensberg mountain range.

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ACTIVITIES ON ZULUWATERS
-Game Drives
-Guided Walks
-Fly Fishing for trout and indigenous yellow fish
-Horse Riding
-Tennis (all weather court)
-Paint Ball games
-Clay Pigeon Shooting
-San Rock Visits
-Zulu Dancing Performances

ACTIVITIES (by arrangement, with surcharge)
-Hot Air Ballooning
-Battlefields (Anglo-Boer /Anglo-Zulu) by helicopter with personal historian
-White Water Rafting (seasonal from November to March)
-Wing Shooting accompanied by the Reserve's trained gun dogs (seasonal)
-Spa Treatments

DIRECTIONS FROM DURBAN
From Durban, take the N3 towards Johannesburg
- About 140km from Durban, take the MOOI RIVER SOUTH offramp
- Follow the GIANTS CASTLE signs through Mooi River
- Continue along the GIANTS CASTLERoad for about 25km
- When you see the MOOR PARK 12kmsign, turn right onto dirt road
- Continue along the dirt road for about 9km (past Gates 2 and 3)
- Turn left into GATE 1
- The Lodge is 3km from the Gate

DIRECTIONS FROM JOHANNESBURG
- From Johannesburg, take the N3 towards Durban
- Take the Estcourt North off ramp (about 380km from Johannesburg)
- Follow the road towards Estcourt for about 10km
- When you see a Toyota dealership turn right
- At the traffic circle, turn right towards WEMBEZI
- Turn left onto a dirt road towards MOOR PARK(about 6km from Estcourt)
- Keep left, over a cattle grid, past Greystone into Moor Park
- Pass WAGENDRIFT DAM on your left
- Cross the BUSHMANS RIVER
- Continue for about 1.5km and turn right into GATE 1
- The Lodge is 3km from the Gate

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

ZuluWaters has become a major force for change in the area. It has consolidated a number of different properties under its management, purchased and settled various animals once indigenous to the area, initiated the systematic eradication of Wattle, and participated in initiatives such as the Stewardship programme of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.ZuluWaters is now a proclaimed Nature Reserve, and was the first such private property to achieve this prestigious status in KwaZulu-Natal. Under its stewardship programme, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, management partner to the Dalton Trust, promotes biodiversity in the province.

ZuluWaters has built bridges, both figuratively and literally, with the neighbouring communities, and has become an important source of employment for them. ZuluWaters doesnt simply provide jobs, however, it provides opportunities. The people of ZuluWaters are important to the functioning of the reserve and Dalton Trust takes an active interest in the community. ZuluWaters' policy of employing local people and investing in them through skills training in the workplace has lead to a number of exciting projects, from the provision of Environmental Services to a collaboration with KOOP Design making furniture from invasive alien timber.

The Dalton Educational Trust (DET), funded by visitors to the reserve and a levy on all accommodation, is transforming the standard of education available to the children of the Zulu communities neighbouring the reserve by concentrating primarily on Early Childhood Development.