Aardvark Bioreserve

Aardvark Bioreserve is a 5,000-hectare private nature reserve in the Klein Karoo, created around what makes this part of South Africa extraordinary: its remarkable succulent biodiversity.

The Klein Karoo sits at the meeting point of different ecological regions and supports a variety of plant life, particularly succulents adapted to this dry landscape. Across Aardvark, quartz fields, rocky slopes, open plains and seasonal river systems create a changing landscape that rewards slowing down and looking more closely.

This is not a traditional safari lodge. There are no fixed schedules and no need to organise every hour of your stay. Guests have the freedom to explore the reserve on foot or mountain bike, join a nature drive, spend an afternoon beside a waterhole, watch the light change across the Swartberg Mountains or simply sit outside as the night sky takes over.

Wildlife forms part of the landscape rather than defining it. Giraffe, zebra, kudu, eland, oryx, springbok, ostrich and other species move through the reserve.,

Accommodation is spread across a collection of private, off-grid cottages and farmhouses, from intimate two-person retreats to larger houses for families and groups.