Londolozi Private Game Reserve

Londolozi Private Game Reserve is a 150 km² (58 sq mi) large game reserve in South Africa. It is part of the Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, situated on the western border of Kruger National Park, which together with some other parks make up the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Londolozi is a Zulu word meaning "protecting it".

Wildlife in this reserve includes the Big Five. The game reserve has five camps situated next to each other along the banks of the Sand River.

History

The land on which Londolozi is situated was purchased in 1926, by two friends, Frank Unger and Charles Boyd Varty. The land, named Sparta Farm, was bought from Transvaal Consolidated Investments (TCI) during an afternoon of tennis in Johannesburg. Sparta was used as a hunting farm until 1971 when Charles Varty's two sons, Dave Varty and John Varty, shifted the focus of the property to ecotourism and photographic safaris instead of hunting. The property was renamed 'Londolozi,' a Zulu word meaning 'Protector of all living things'.[1]

Londolozi is one of South Africa’s original private game reserves. In 1992, Nelson Mandela visited Londolozi for a period following his release from prison.

References

Varty, Boyd (2014). Cathedral of the Wild. New York: Random House. p. 18. ISBN 978-1400069859.

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[1] Varty, Boyd (2014). Cathedral of the Wild. New York: Random House. p. 18. ISBN 978-1400069859.