
Tour · 9 nights · with Just You
A small-group escorted safari holiday with Just You, spending eight nights at Kaingo Private Game Reserve in South Africa’s Waterberg Biosphere, focused on guided game drives and conservation efforts.
Highlights
Guided game drives searching for the Big 5
Sundowner boat cruise on the Mokolo River
Bush walk focussing on animal tracks and signs
Dinners around an outdoor lantern-lit boma
Conservation talks from the Kaingo reserve team
This escorted small-group tour by Just You begins with a flight from the UK to Johannesburg and a transfer to Kaingo Private Game Reserve in the Waterberg Biosphere, South Africa’s original savannah biosphere reserve. The lodge sits on the banks of the Mokolo River, whose name means “deep and silent” in the Tswana language, and offers a quiet base for wildlife watching.
Journeys
Over eight nights, the itinerary settles into a rhythm of early morning and late afternoon game drives led by expert naturalists seeking the Big 5—lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, and rhinos. The reserve’s low tourism footprint means fewer vehicles, heightening the sense of space and an opportunity to spot rarer species such as pangolins or brown hyenas. There’s also time for a sundowner boat cruise to see hippos and crocodiles up close and a bush walk focusing on animal tracks and small details missed from vehicles.
Days between drives are spent relaxing at the lodge or taking optional activities like birdwatching or fishing on the river. Evenings include dinners by an open fire and opportunities to hear about the reserve’s conservation and research. After breakfast on day nine, guests return to Johannesburg for the flight home.
Itinerary
Day 1
Days 2–8
7 days here
Day 9
Day 10
When to go
Departs between Jan 2027 and Oct 2028.
Just You publishes a season rather than fixed dates for this trip, so we show it as they do. Their site lists the exact departures and the price for each.
Need to know
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The operator
Escorted tours for people travelling on their own
Everyone on a Just You tour is travelling solo, so nobody is the odd one out at dinner.
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