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Karongwe River Lodge

Helicopter Flights Through The Olifant's Gorge

Exciting scenic helicopter flips over the Oliphant’s gorge offers a once in a lifetime experience of this untouched beauty of Africa from the sky. This is a minimum of 1 hour and 10 minutes.

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Spa Treatments

From heavenly aroma's to herbal purity this unique body range of treatments is mesmerizing and innovate body and sense-soothing safari massages will awaken your senses and revive your body and mind. Enjoy the freedom of choosing your favorite scent from our selection of Marula infused body oils to address your every need.

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Anti-Poaching Walk

Anti-poaching walk -

Take up the opportunity to experience a once in a lifetime - first hand anti-poaching excursion on foot with an anti-poaching specialist. Learn about tracking methods and more about the plight of poaching of our precious wildlife. This experience will leave you with a clearer understanding and unforgettable memory.

A walk with Karongwe Private Game Reserve's antipoaching team is like taking a step into a completely different world. This is not just a walk through the bush. You walk through the bush while being aware of not just the wild animals but also of the so call " kill zones" possible " ambush zones" and " escape routes ". You become aware of where possible poacher might have been waiting for darkness you also become exposed to how real this war for conservation really is.

Even though this walk is filled with dangers of not only the nature but also the poacher you will definitely find a sense of safety with the experience of the anti-poaching team.

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Interactive Cooking

Interactive Cooking - take pleasure in interactive cooking lessons of traditional South African cuisine with our local chefs and get to test your cooking skills afterwards. Choose between African and traditional Afrikaans cuisine.

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Star Gazing

Star gazing - Enjoy a relaxing time under the bright beautiful African sky reclining in a hammock while learning about the night sky. In summer Orion and his dog Sirius can be seen chasing Taurus and Pleiades a cross the sky. In winter Scorpio and Corvus the crow is visible along with the ever present Southern Cross, Magellanic Clouds and the Coal Sack. With planets making appearances at certain times of the year, the rings around Saturn. The many moons of Jupiter visible through good binoculars.

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Traditional Evening

Traditional Shangaan evening - Make memories with your partner or friends while enjoying a unique traditional Shangaan African dinner. Cuisine in particular gives us distinct glimpse of a culture and its people. This fun filled experience will leave you with new appreciation of cultural diversity which goes hand in hand with the whole experience and understanding of the beautiful Shangaan culture.

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Beacon rock

Celebrate the magnificent view of the lowveld from the top of the highest outcrop on Karongwe with a short climb accompanied by a guide. Enjoy a sundowner with the backdrop of the Drakensberg mountains whilst soaking in the 360 view of the huge stretch of the valley whilst sipping on your favourite refreshment and picnic snacks.

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Photographic Workshops

Photographic half day workshop - a hours broken down into 1 hour and 45 minute lessons.
Each section will include a short guided practical session and time for questions.
Lesson breakdown:
- introductions
- camera basics
- camera settings
- Gear and what to get
- Phone vs photography vs camera
- composition and framing
- types of composition
- Making an image
- building a colour style
- programs and where to start
- editing on your phone
- Lightroom desktop - editing on Camera

Participants will receive a workbook to take notes and follow along during lessons
- Each lesson will be video recorded and sent to participants
- Access to a WhatsApp Group

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Local Community Visit

Take pleasure in visiting our local community with a 1 hour tour to the nearby village. This tour allows you to see how the local people live, their culture and day to day program. It also gives you the opportunity to interact with the children at grass roots level and generally a very enriching experience.

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Tree Planting in Community

Leave your legacy in Africa and plant a tree in our local community or donate a tree. A t-shirt is given to you complimentary with every tree donated and leave knowing that you have made a very positive contribution to the environment. Choose between a fruit tree and indigenous tree.

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Yoga

Relax in the bush with a soulful meditative yoga experience - Ubuntu Yoga - which is gentle African flavored practice. The fee also contributes to the Ubuntu Yoga Project at Nourish Eco Village. ( Nourish NPO) to help train promising local candidates and help them earn their certification.

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Little Paws Program for Kids

All adventures start with the first step and the first step to having fun for any child at Karongwe Portfolio is to experience our pure fun Little Paws Programme. We are proud to launch our Little Paws Programme which is full of fun interactive activities ranging from:
- Hair braiding
- Face Painting
- Tracker 101
- Cookie Baking
- Pizza Making
- Clay making tracks
- bubbles
- board games
- Children's foot spa
- goodie bags
- veggie gardens

Karongwe Portfolio prides itself in giving any child the best safari experience imaginable whilst enjoying their stay at any of our incredible lodges with the greatest of service provided by all members of staff.

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Gin Tasting

Experience Gin pairing and gin tasting for an afternoon special event. If you are a gin lover - experience the gin pairing and gin tasting notes with variations for an afternoon special event.

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