Elegantly Bukela

Elegantly Bukela

Experience the Elegance and Luxury with Bukela Game Lodge. Bukela game lodge is a 5 star luxury safari lodge situated on a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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Elegantly Bukela, A Wilderness Safari Experience with Bukela Game Lodge

Bukela game lodge is a 5 star luxury safari lodge situated on a private game reserve in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Our private reserve resting in the rolling hills 80km outside the city of Port Elizabeth, offers a gentle, tranquil escape from the world and provides luxury safari accommodation to our distinguished guests.

On offer to you when you book on safari with Bukela:

•Big 5 game viewing.
•Malaria-free reserve.
•Five star luxury safari lodge accommodation.
•Private game drives with experianced guides.
•Private game reserve.
•Fine dining.
•Professional staff at your service.
What to expect from your African Safari ?
The abundant Amakhala wildlife includes lion, cheetah, black and white rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra and buffalo. Free roaming over a breathtaking oxbow river plain in the heart of the 7000 hectare, malaria-free conservancy.

Our intimate four-suite lodge offers a luxury safari experience which, combined with our luxurious, secluded accommodation, and variety of dining options, creates a remarkable, private retreat in which to regenerate body and mind.

Come and experience your african safari the way it was meant to be...

Your South African Safari Professionals...

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The four suites at Bukela Game Lodge,

•Uthando
•Ingwe
•Inyathi
•Umkhombe

are each individually styled in African simplicity while never compromising on luxury.

Each suite sleeps 2 guests and is a world of its own, separated from the main lodge by wooden walkways and indigenous bush.

Each suite is well appointed for guests’ optimal comfort with every amenity, including large, en-suite bathrooms each with a spa bath overlooking the African bush, an indoor and outdoor shower for the more adventurous, a central fireplace for romantic evenings, air conditioning, underfloor heating, private wooden deck, bar fridge and hot drink amenities.

Beds are King size or 2 singles depending on guest requirements.

All our suites are luxurious but the “honeymoon suite” with a huge four poster mahogany bed is a particularly intimate space and can be reserved for any special occasion.

Bukela five star accommodation...

Experience South Africa's Wilderness with Bukela Safari Lodge.

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Hlosi & Bukela Game Lodge: stay 4 nights, pay 3

Pay for three nights and enjoy the fourth night on us, any time from 31 May 2010 - 30 September 2010. This way you have time to enjoy the full variety and richness of the Amakhala experience.

Aside from the rich game viewing experience, enjoy the delicious serenity of afternoons at the pool (share nicely with the elephants if they arrive) or lunches on the Bushman's river in the Amakhala riverboat. For even lower revs try a massage in your room, sundowners in the lounge or in the hide at the waterhole. Or linger over a bottle of wine on the deck of your room, enjoy a long and lazy spa bath and a peaceful snooze.

Join us for your four-night stay, and experience the full, lazy wonder of getting away from it all and immersing yourself in Amakhala magic.

May not be used concurrently with any other special.

Standard rates include all meals, teas, snacks & game activities. All beverages and items of a personal nature (curio purchases, massage and spa treatments, etc.) are excluded.

Cost: R4550 per person sharing (Applicable to SA residents only)
Dates Valid: 15 July 2010 - 30 September 2010

Experience South Africa's Wilderness with Bukela Safari Lodge.

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Bukela Game Lodge

Bukela Game Lodge is situated in the malaria free, 6000 hectare Amakhala Game reserve just 40 minutes drive from Port Elizabeth. The Owners, Deon & Elsa Truter, have for many years dreamed and envisioned such a place, where one could relax and partake of the splendor of the African bush whilst still enjoying quality service and comfort.

Having both explored most of the South African reserves extensively, they chose “this place of great admiration” in order to realize their dream, not only for its magnificence but also because it would offer their guests an opportunity of discovering the Eastern Cape which is of significant cultural and historical importance.

In addition, the proximity of the coast to Bukela Lodge offers guests the opportunity of enjoying the bush and discovering the pristine beaches of the Eastern Cape. In creating the Lodge, Elsa Truter has drawn on Africa itself for her inspiration in designing and decorating the lodge where ever possible. This theme extends as well to the cuisine offered which is both traditional and contemporary African cuisine.. The lodge therefore offers the guest a true African experience encompassing all of ones senses, and not tempered by Western or European influences except where comfort and service are concerned. In this regard, guests can expect every service they would expect of an exclusive 5 star international establishment.

Accommodation at Bukela Lodge is luxurious and of an International standard. The main lodge comprises of a reception, dining and sitting area with a central fireplace which is always welcome in winter, a media and library area with Internet, television, dvd player, games and books and a large wooden pool deck overlooking a small dam frequented by buffalo. A separate area known as a “boma” adjoins the main lodge where bush braais and special festivities may be enjoyed.The four suites, each individually styled in African simplicity while never compromising on luxury, sleeps 2 guests and are privately located separate to the main lodge. Each suite is well appointed for a guests’ optimal comfort with every amenity including large, en suite bathrooms each with a spa bath overlooking the African bush, an indoor and outdoor shower for the more adventurous, a central fireplace for romantic evenings, a private wooden deck, bar fridge and hot drink amenities. Beds are King size or 2 singles depending on guest requirement. All suites are air conditioned while bar fridges and automatic kettles are an added convenience. All our suites are luxurious but the “honeymoon suite” with a huge four poster mahogany bed can be reserved for that special occasion.

Game that maybe viewed include White Rhino, Cape Buffalo, Elephant, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Serval, Giraffe, Black Wildebeest, Zebra and more than 12 species of Antelope. Smaller game include Bat Eared Fox, Vervet Monkey, Bush Pig, Warthog, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Spring Hair, Porcupine and Tortoise. Approximately 250 bird species may be viewed in the area including the rare African Finfoot and include many raptors such as the Fish Eagle, Crowned Eagle and Jackal buzzard. A variety of snake and insect species may also be discovered. Flora and fauna is typically African valley bushveld punctuated by colorful wild flowers specific to the area.

The word “Amakhala” is a Xhosa name given to the regal Aloes which proliferate here. With their striking orange flowers, this well known medicinal plant grows in abundance in the reserve. Flat savannahs and riverine forests offer a variety of habitat for game and the area has 20 small dams and 17 kilometers of the Bushmans river winding through it. From a historical perspective, Bukela Lodge offers their guests an ideal platform from which to explore and discover not only the many 1820 English and Dutch settlements in the surrounding area, but also stone age “workshops’ dating back 300 000 years. The first Stegosaur skeleton (Paranthodon Africanus) to be documented in South Africa was discovered in the Bushmans river valley less than one kilometer down river from the reserve. Bukela Lodge is situated in an area which was considered to have the highest concentration of game in South Africa before the hunting parties of the 1800’s changed this. Continued conservation endeavors and the shared vision of ‘turning back the clock’ has ensured that future generations will also be able to appreciate the splendor of the area. Eco- tourism has in part ensured this, but of equal importance is the contribution guests make when visiting the area towards the development of skills in previously disadvantaged indigenous communities. This has empowered communities to achieve economic independence, a sense of self worth and has further ensured a symbiotic relationship between man and nature.

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