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    Oct 12, 2020 4 minutes

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    BONAMANZI GAME RESERVE

    BEST FOR Quick family breaks Just three hours from Durban, Bonamanzi is a good weekend destination. Young kids will love the tame warthog, impala and nyala that walk around the 4 000-hectare reserve.

    DO A sunset cruise on the river will take you into the False Bay Estuary to see crocodiles, hippos and many birds. From R450 pp.

    STAY There are 24 powered campsites (from R200 pp); 10 thatched rondavels look onto Lalapanzi Dam (from R1 295 pp), self-catering treehouses in the forest (from R750 pp), and three exclusive-use villas, good for private groups (from R850 pp).

    FACT The reserve consists mostly of sand forest, with small pockets of wetlands and savannah, and borders

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