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Small-group safaris from Hoedspruit

Wake up to the sound of the bushveld.

Open-vehicle game drives, tented camps and walking trails in the Greater Kruger, led by guides who grew up in these valleys.

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Guided safaris in Limpopo and the Greater Kruger

Safaris with room to breathe

We never put more than six guests in a vehicle, so everyone has a window seat and time to watch, not only to photograph. Our guides track on foot and by vehicle, know the lions of the Timbavati by name and will stop just as happily for a dung beetle. Every tour includes meals, park fees and transfers from Hoedspruit airport.

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A Timbavati pride resting in the golden grass

Six guests per vehicle

Open safari vehicles with room to move, charge a camera and see every sighting.

Local guides

Qualified field guides and trackers from the communities around Hoedspruit and Acornhoek.

Tented camps

Comfortable canvas tents with proper beds, en-suite showers and lanterns at night.

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Tours

Our tours

Three itineraries that we can run on the dates that suit you. Private departures are available for families and groups.

Two-night Kruger escape

Two-night Kruger escape

Four game drives and a bush walk in the Timbavati, staying in our tented camp on the Klaserie River.

R8 950 per person sharing

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Four-night Big Five and Blyde

Four-night Big Five and Blyde

Game drives in the Greater Kruger, a boat trip on the Blyde River Canyon dam and a morning at God's Window.

R17 800 per person sharing

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Five-night Mapungubwe and the Limpopo

Five-night Mapungubwe and the Limpopo

Baobab country, the ancient Mapungubwe hill and the meeting of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.

R21 400 per person sharing

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Prices include accommodation, meals, park fees, guiding and airport transfers. Single supplement from R1 450 a night.

About

Born in the bushveld

Mopane Trails was started in 2010 by field guide Given Mathebula and wildlife vet Helen Crous. Given grew up near the Kruger boundary and started guiding at nineteen; Helen spent a decade working with rhino in the Lowveld.

Today we run guided safaris for families, couples and small groups from South Africa and around the world. We work with private reserves in the Greater Kruger and support a rhino monitoring project with part of every booking.

Animals first

We keep our distance, switch off the engine and never chase a sighting.

Share the benefit

Our guides, trackers and camp staff are hired and trained locally.

Honest itineraries

Real driving times and real prices, with no surprise add-ons at the lodge.

The people you will deal with

Given Mathebula

Co-founder and head guide

Helen Crous

Co-founder and conservation lead

Tsakani Baloyi

Senior tracker

Kevin Govender

Reservations manager

Dust on the boots, lions in the long grass and the whole sky to yourself at night.

Contact

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Tell us when you would like to travel and who is coming, and we will send you an itinerary and quote within one working day.

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Unit 4, Mopani Centre, Main Road, Hoedspruit, 1380
Call
015 000 7412
Email
safaris@mopane-trails.example
Hours
Monday to Friday08:00 to 17:00
Saturday08:00 to 12:00
SundayGuides in the field, office closed

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