About Koffylaagte Game Lodge

Koffylaagte Game Lodge is a private game reserve situated just 130km from Port Elizabeth which focuses on nature and wildlife conservation as well as breeding projects for endangered species.

Koffylaagte Game Lodge has received Lilizela Hospitality Awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015 with 2014 being the most successful where the Lodge was awarded, in the Eastern Cape Provincial Category; Best Four Star Lodge, Best Cultural Experience, Best Value for Money and Best Wildlife Encounters.

Koffylaagte now is home to Stenden University for their wildlife studies and serves as their campus for the university students whom take wildlife as a minor in their hospitality majors.

Game Viewing and Scenery

Home to three of the big five, namely the breeding pairs and groups of rhino and buffalo as well as visits from travelling leopards, Koffylaagte Game Lodge also has a wide variety of antelope, small predators and fantastic bird life.

Koffylaagte Game Lodge is situated in the foothills of the Great Winterhoek Mountains and has three distinct biomes, namely Fynbos on top of the mountains, Valley Bushveld on the slopes of the mountains and Karoo Noorseveld on the plains.

There are 22 species of antelope as well as zebra, giraffe, monkeys, baboons, warthogs, bushpig, black-backed jackals, bat-eared fox, ant bear, porcupine, civet cats, meerkat and mongoose  amongst others.

The area also boasts a wide variety of raptors, water fowl, game birds and LBJ’s.  Ostrich, black eagles, martial eagles and kori bustards are some of the larger birds seen on the reserve.

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