Tag Archives: Aquila Private Game Reserve

Aquila is Wild

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Helga

4-11pm I have to admit that I have been influenced by the negative comments that came up on Trip Advisor about Aquila Private Game Reserve. Someone called it a ‘glorified zoo’. This erroneous comment leads you to believe that it’s … Continue reading →

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Aquila Day 2

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Helga

11-20am Aquila (Noun – meaning Black Eagle) pronounced A-kee-la (here anyway). It’s roughly 7500 hectares of Karoo semi-scrub vegetation, where most animals introduced here can happily survive. They keep the predators in camps apart from the vulnerable, so there is … Continue reading →

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Aquila Day 1

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Helga

2-52pm Roll of drums….internet access in our room…free wi-fi! Boom! Quick blog to post and we are out of here to do our first safari. We left this morning and drove through cloud on Ou Kaapse Weg… We got onto … Continue reading →

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