Aquila Private Game Reserve & Spa

The Sunset Safari was incredible. It felt safe, professional, fun, and special. We stopped for refreshments at a spot with stunning views, and the restrooms were clean. 🥰

The day was really well arranged and definitely worth visiting, especially since it’s not far from Cape Town. We started with welcome drinks and an amazing breakfast, then had a lovely tour where it was easy to see all the animals from the jeep. Seeing the Big Five was the highlight. Back at the lodge, I went for a swim in the stunning pool before a tasty lunch.

If you’re near Cape Town and don’t have time to travel to the big parks and reserves like Kruger, this is a very good safari option. I recommend the day package, it’s good value. The lodge where meals are served was comfortable, and the staff were very friendly. We saw a tremendous number of animals during our afternoon safari, almost all of the Big Five. I was lucky to see so much.

Not recommended, mass tourism. We met at 3pm for the sunset tour, and everything felt a bit disorganized. First you register or get a welcome drink, which was cheap sparkling wine, then the so-called lunch: a buffet of sandwiches, spring rolls, and two desserts, that’s all. Other drinks had to be paid for right away. Then more waiting. At 4:25pm we boarded one of 12 open wagons, each holding 30 people. More waiting before departure. We first saw a giraffe eating hay hung in a tree for it, then a couple of hippos and four elephants at a pond. We rushed through the landscape to see some buffalo and four rhinos, then the lions, kept behind an electric fence and very well behaved. It felt like a zoo park. After that we hurried to a rest area, where all the wagons unloaded. There was some biltong, nuts, and a drink, then it was time to drive back to the starting point, passing a few bockies quickly on the way. Never again.