Shamwari – Long Lee Manor

Overview

Location: South Africa–>Eastern Cape–>Shamwari Game Reserve
Accommodation Type: Lodge

Good For: Solo, Couple/Romantic, Family |

Shamwari Game Reserve is a 25 000 hectare, malaria free, private game reserve situated in the Eastern Cape. The reserve has received numerous international awards, including the World’s Leading Conservation Company and Game Reserve for five consecutive years. Shamwari boasts five eco-systems, thus enabling the support of a wide diversity of plant, animal and bird life.

Shamwari Long Lee Manor, originally built in 1910, is Shamwari’s flagship lodge. This grand Edwardian manor has been beautifully restored and offers guests a distinctively colonial experience in a gracious country home enveloped by the African bush. Guests can feel the tranquillity as they gaze over the waterhole and the wide plains sweeping down to the Bushman’s River. The lodge exudes the elegance of a bygone era and offers guests refined comfort, attentive yet unobtrusive service, and splendid cuisine.

Accommodation

Shamwari Long Lee Manor’s luxurious accommodation comprises four twin-bedded luxury Palm Court rooms, four twin-bedded luxury Garden rooms, four twin-bedded luxury Sidbury rooms, a honeymoon suite, a manor suite and a king-bedded Sidbury suite, which has its own lounge and patio. All of the sumptuously decorated bedrooms are en-suite, with air-conditioning or ceiling fans, and underfloor heating. Balconies or patios offer mountain or garden views.

Wildlife

The variety of biomes in the reserve provide for great biodiversity. Guests frequently sight the Big Five during their stay, along with cheetah, caracal, wild dog and a variety of antelope. Evening game drives often reveal the more rarely seen nocturnal creatures, such as the hopping springhare, aardwolf, and brown hyena. Shamwari Game Reserve opened the Ian Player Rhino Awareness Centre in 2012 as a place where guests can learn about rhinos and the growing epidemic of rhino poaching in South Africa. The wildlife department is active in maintaining the delicate ecological balance and taking care of the health and safety of the animals.

Shamwari Game Reserve boasts over 250 bird species. Raptor species include Black Harriers, Pale Chanting Goshawks, Black-shouldered Kites, Booted Eagles and Secretary Birds. The Bushman’s river meanders through the reserve providing a great refuge for kingfishers, darters, the African Shelduck, finfoots and the iconic African Fish Eagle. Each spring (October), the palm trees in Palm Court are alive with nesting weaver birds

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Children
• Unfortunately, children can not be  accommodated at Shamwari Long Lee Manor .

Directions

• BY ROAD:

Driving Directions

• Follow the N2 towards Grahamstown.

• Take the turn-off towards Paterson on the R342 and travel 7 km up the gravel road.

• Enter at the 1st gate for Riverdene, Bushmans River Lodge and Sarili Lodge.

• Enter at the 2nd gate for Long Lee Manor.

From Port Elizabeth

• Follow the N2 on the Grahamstown road for 65kms, turn left at the Shamwari sign on to gravel (R342) for 7 kms, turn right at the Shamwari sign.

From Johannesburg

• (R32) turn left at Paterson (R342), follow the road for 11kms, turn left at the Shamwari sign.

From Grahamstown

• Follow the N2 towards Port Elizabeth for 58kms, turn right at the Shamwari sign (R342) for 7kms, and right at the Shamwari sign.