Nyani Safari Lodge

Situation Profile

INTRODUCTION

The Backpack Safari Lodge location
The Backpack Safari Sodge is a tented bush camp set on Bruce and Judy's game farm Nyani.
Nyani Farm is located in the midst of the Greater Kruger National Park and is surrounded by many famous private reserves and game farms.

Attractions nearby
The Kruger National Park gate Orpen is located only half an hour drive away.
Blyde River Canyon, Pilgrims Rest, Nyani Tribal Village, Kapama Endangered Species Breeding Project and Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre are just a few of the many attractions to be found around the Backpack Safari Lodge.

Transfrontiers Safaris
From the Backpack you can book various activities and/or safaris with Transfrontiers Safaris. Nyani Tribal Village is located just around the corner.

The Baz Bus connection
The Backpack Safari Lodge is connected to the Baz Bus. Please consult us if you are in need of a transfer to get to the Backpack Safari Lodge.

About the area
Trans Frontiers and the Backpackers are situated in the Northern Province , South Africa. This is where you find the main part of the Kruger National Park. (The southern part of the park is in the Mpumalanga Province).Bordering the Kruger National Park you find numerous private game reserves. Some of these are privately owned while others are owned by the state, government or the province. Operations within these reserves are run by companies/lodges. Recently the private reserves neighbouring the Kruger National Park have been incorporated into what is called the Greater Kruger Park. The fences between the park and the private reserves have come down thus giving the animals an even larger area to roam.Greater Kruger Park comprises an area of about 2.5 Million hectares of mainly low-veld. The park shares a long eastern border with Mozambique and is flanked by Zimbabwe in the North. Plans for a transfrontier/cross-border park are well underway which will make this a protected area of almost unsurpassed size and significance.The private reserves of the Greater Kruger Park are sought after for smaller groups, open vehicle game-viewing, walking safaris and intimate bush camps. In the park itself the visitor is more restricted, but you are allowed to drive your own vehicle in the park. You are not, however, allowed to get out of the car except in designated areas, the same with camping and picnicing.The Transvaal lowveld was for a very long time sparsely populated, which kept the area wild and pristine. Today it is home to about 2000 different forms of vegetation, 146 species of mammals (Including the Big 5) and 490 species of birds.In the past this hostile domain attracted colourful characters like ivory hunters and pioneer naturalists. The African Ivory Route Safari tries to recapture some of this past. Communities of Venda and Shangaan people are still thriving and can be visited. Worth a visit is also Tulamela site in the very north of the Kruger Park. At this site the remains of a community which traded extensively in precious metals and ivory has been unearthed, and the findings give proof of a once successful and sophisticated society.To the west of the park, you find the magnificent natural barrier of the Transvaal Drakensberg and the Blyde River Canyon which cuts its way through the Drakensberg forming a gorge which is the third largest in the world at 700m deep.The upper Blyde River falls 150m over a distance of 8 Kilometres, thus providing thrilling grade 3 and 4 rapids almost continuously for rafting. Mini-rafting tours for the less adventurous use the lower stretches of the river.

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