Recent Guest Comments
"One of the most beautiful places on earth! Brilliant, cannot wait to come back."
Sieg & Tanya Klotz, Port Elizabeth
"Superb cuisine, fantastic game sightings, luxury sleeping, loved the hot water bottles, thank you for the great hospitality"
Pat Jones, Durban
"Absolutely the best hospitality, knowledgeable guide (Iain) loved the game drives and walks to the bushmen paintings and giraffes!! Thank you for everything. All the meals were divine!!"
Andrea Das Neves, Cape Town
"An absolutely BEAUTIFUL place. I loved the game drives - Thanks"
Carla Das Neves, Cape Town
"A wonderful, fab, great time!!! I loved it! Thank you!"
Dylan Das Neves, Cape Town
"A piece of paradise. Wonderful host and owners. We will be back."
A C Rowan
"Bucklands Luxury Tent Camp was a great holiday with copious amounts of fresh clean air, excellent meals, things to do and sights to see. We were sorry to leave! With thanks to Iain and Mary-Ann, and the rest of the Bucklands team for a wonderful holiday."
du Toit Family, Richards Bay
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Rare Sightings
by Iain Stewart
There have been a number of rare sightings lately. Ranging from the Spotted Eagle Owl to the Cape Buffalo. The Buffalo have been seen more recently around the Luxury Tented Camp. The Birding on Bucklands is fantastic at the moment with a number of Raptors being seen, as well as a number of Cuckoos around. Bat eared fox's have been spotted more and more frequently, which is great. The most exciting sighting is the first Honey Badger sighting. Honey badgers are very secretive creatures and very seldom are seen in the open.
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Interesting Reading
A literary guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the voices of writers,
by Jeanette Eve The Eastern Cape is a country of great natural beauty and tourist potential, and has produced a wealth of writers and writings that have responded to the landscape in a variety of interesting and enjoyable ways. One thinks here of Athol Fugard and Port Elizabeth, Olive Schreiner and Cradock, Thomas Pringle and the Baviaans River valley, and the praise poets of the Transkei. Drawing on material from both imaginative and personal writing, this guide presents more than 80 writers and close to 100 sites - from the 18th century to the present - arranged by region, so that one can travel, by car or in the mind, across the Eastern Cape and discover its beauties through the eyes of local writers and poets.
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Our Bucklands Team
Iain & Mary-Ann Stewart, are assisted at Bucklands by Tony the Reserve Manager, Bruce & Gill the Lodge Managers, and our Ranger Craig.
Joining the team in March 2010 are Aaron & Beatrice ... Aaron as a Ranger and Beatrice in the Front of House department and reservations.
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Photo of the day 
The newly completed swimming pool at Bucklands Luxury Tent Camp with exquisite views over the reserve. |
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At the end of the 2009 game season a healthy group of 30 Eland were released at Bucklands Private Game Reserve, as well as an additional 100 Impala. The animals seem to all be doing well, and with the rain that we had in late 2009 there is plenty of food for them. The Giraffe have settled down and the sightings, when near a road, are really amazing. We kicked off the 2010 season with a bang, with the introduction of White Rhino at Bucklands, a really exciting time and these majestic animals are thriving at Bucklands
This golden buff and white owl, commonly known as the Barn Owl, could be con-fused with an African Grass-Owl, but is much paler & has less contrast between the upperparts & the underparts. The heart-shaped, white facial disc highlights the small, black eyes.