Game drive stays that support Endangered Wildlife Trust
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Game drives that pay for the work of keeping wild animals wild. The Endangered Wildlife Trust runs field programmes for vultures, wild dogs, cheetah, cranes and the carnivores of the reserves you drive through, and every stay on this page sends a share of its booking commission to that work. Most of these stays are lodges and camps in the Lowveld, the Waterberg and the Kalahari, where the game drive is the day's shape: out at first light, back for breakfast, out again at four with sundowners in the vehicle.
The dry winter, May to September, is the classic game viewing season, when the grass is short and the animals gather at water. Summer is green, hot and full of young animals and birds, with afternoon storms. No sighting is ever promised, and the stays here are honest about that.
Each stay lists the species hosts have recorded, linked to the species pages with the best months and the parks where they are seen most.
- How does a game drive stay support the Endangered Wildlife Trust?
- A share of the host's commission on every booking goes to the cause the stay is linked to, here the Endangered Wildlife Trust. Guests pay no service fee. The Trust runs field conservation programmes across Southern Africa, from vulture safe zones to wild dog and cheetah metapopulation work.
- When is the best time for game drives?
- The dry winter months from May to September, when vegetation is thin and animals gather at water. Summer brings newborn animals, migrant birds and dramatic skies but longer grass. Mornings and late afternoons are best in every season.
- Will I see the Big Five?
- Never guaranteed. Many of these stays are in or beside reserves where all five are present, and each listing shows the species its host has recorded, but a sighting is always a matter of luck and a good guide.