Shamwari Riverdene Family Lodge

A safari lodge experience perfect for all the family!

This spacious lodge is perfect for those travelling with a family. Complete with a pool, kids' club and Adventure Centre, cosy indoor fires and an outdoor boma where you can socialise with other families and gaze up at the night sky, blanketed in stars, there’s plenty to keep you entertained when not out on a safari. This is the ideal place to discover the beauty of the bush.

Children from 4 years old are welcome on game drives at Shamwari; younger children will be taken care of by the childminders at the lodge. The Rangers at Riverdene are used to taking children on safari and will work with them to complete their ‘junior ranger’ books and teach them about the African bush. Back at the lodge, kids can run around the huge outdoor Adventure Centre where they can play on treehouses, ziplines, rock climbing walls and a big slide.

About Shamwari Private Game Reserve

Shamwari Private Game Reserve is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, offers visitors 25 000 hectares of wildlife and birdlife rich reserve to explore.

Shamwari Private Game Reserve is home to Africa's Big 5 (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, and leopard), is malaria-free and is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Shamwari has received numerous international awards, including the World's Leading Conservation Company and Game Reserve for many consecutive years.

Large numbers of ungulates sustain a healthy population of lion, cheetah, and the elusive leopard. Grasslands are home to white rhino, and the subtropical thicket provides browsing for elephant and black rhino. Hippo is found in the riverine habitat. The reintroduced red-billed ox-pecker is a common site on buffalo, rhino and giraffe.