Makuya Conservancy

Makuya conservancy, also known as Makuya Nature Reserve, shares a fenceless border with the Kruger National Park and is about an hour’s drive from the Kruger National Park’s Pafuri Gate.

This concession lies in the northeastern corner of Limpopo, formerly known as Venda (a homeland under the Apartheid Regime not far from the border with Zimbabwe, now incorporated into Limpopo).
The reserve comprises 28,500 hectares ( 71 000 acres) and is on a 10-year exclusive lease to Kwalata from the Makuya, Mutele, and Mphaphuli tribes. Hunting on Makuya is an authentic big 5 experience on a truly free-roaming area.

The tented camp in the reserve rests on a mountain top overlooking the river. The reserve forms part of the Limpopo Transfrontier Park still in the throes of formation that includes the Kruger, Makuya and Letaba Ranch. The perimeters between the parks are fenceless allowing the game to roam freely. Makuya shares a 30-mile fenceless boundary with Kruger National Park
The Luvhuvhu River where hippos, elephants and crocodiles are easy to spot forms a natural divide between Makuya and Kruger. Any game happy to cross it gains access to either. You can easily spot elephants, hippo, buffalo, lions, hyenas, otters, impala, nyala, warthog and other game.

With a magic wilderness and a non-touristy feel to it as a result. Baobabs pepper the landscape, the Big 5 are readily available within the reserve and the birdlife is abundant – the Luvuvhu-Pafuri region is one of the birding hotspots of South Africa.

Trophy quality on all species can be regarded as exceptional.

Kwalata’s long term exclusive agreement has also provided the opportunity to not only protect this valuable natural resource but also enhance it. Our involvement in the African community conservation forum, as well as the kids in the conservation program, will ensure the sustainable utilization as well as the development of this area.

Come and join Kwalata for what should be regarded as the epitome of fair chase quality hunting in South Africa!

I would like to start by introducing our organisation, African Community Conservationists (ACC). “As community wildlife-owners, we are committed to conserving nature for our future generations”. Doing our research we found that communities who live side by side with wildlife are represented by the various organisation who, most of them do not even have an interest in or understanding of wildlife sustainable utilisation. Most of these wildlife community representatives are driven by self-interest. The future of wildlife conservation is in the hands of communities who live side by side with wildlife, and the question is with people who lived with animals and plants since the creation of the earth, why can’t they represent themselves in the international wildlife conservation platforms? ACC is an answer to these question. “For the sustainability of our wildlife, let’s communities who are landowners of game farms, national parks and game reserves represent themselves on wildlife discussion platforms regionally and internationally”.

Our mission and objectives are summarised on this website.  

I would like to thank you in advance for your keen interest in our mission.