Mashatu Game Reserve

Mashatu Game Reserve is a wild and rugged landscape of savanna, open plains and sandstone koppies in Southern Botswana. It offers great game viewing with large herds of elephant and many predators such as lion and leopard.

Mashatu lies in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve. Here is a wild and rugged landscape of savanna, open plains, sandstone outcrops and riverine forest. This diversity offers great game viewing with a strong chance of seeing large herds of elephant and many predators such as lion, leopard or cheetah.

Mashatu - home of adventure safaris

Mashatu is also distinctive in offering more adventurous safaris. As well as day and night 4×4 game drives, it offers mountain bike safaris, horse-riding safaris, walking safaris. Plus Mashatu has very good specialist photographic safaris with ground-level hides at some waterholes for really eye-catching shots. Sometimes you can even accompany research scientists who are based at Mashatu.

How to get to Mashatu Game Reserve?

Mashatu is actually accessed via Johannesburg in South Africa. There are various ways to get there:

• Self-drive to Pont Drift border post (where you can securely park the car) and then continue over the river with an onward transfer to the lodges
• Road transfer either from Johannesburg or Polokwane.
• Seat in charter flight (but it is expensive!)