Samara Private Game Reserve is a 5 star game reserve in the Eastern Cape, offering luxury safari accommodation in South Africa

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New winter rate: Karoo Appreciation
Karoo and Lodge Suites R1950 pps

Grootbos and Samara Package:
6 Nights from R1950 pps:

Scenes of Samara
Enjoy our wonderful vistas, wildlife and hospitality

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"Without a doubt the best camp I have ever been to!"

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Your Commitment to Samara is our Commitment to Conservation

Heart-stoppingly beautiful, is how award-winning Samara Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape is best described. Elegant lodges provide luxury accommodation nestled between an amphitheatre of mountains on 70,000 acres, where wildlife roams again. An amazing life-changing and wonderfully relaxing experience awaits, so come and walk with the cheetah as you celebrate the rebirth of a unique piece of Africa and experience a luxury safari in the Graaff-Reinet region of the Eastern Cape.

Finalist - The 2010 Good Safari Guide Awards -Travellers Choice
Voted Conde Nast Traveller Hot Spots List 2009
Voted Conde Nast Traveller Hot Spots List 2008
Voted Harpers Bazaar The 15 Greatest Safari experiences in Africa March 2008
Voted Tatler Top 101 Hotels in the World December 2007
Voted Conde Nast Travelers Hot Spots 60 New Hotels in the World May 2006
Voted Travel and Leisure Top 50 Romantic Destinations in the World February 2006