Samara Karoo Reserve, a private game reserve in South Africa’s Great Karoo, has launched an all-inclusive package that includes free domestic flights and transfers among the perks for eligible stays for 2025-26.
Featuring three unique camps – Karoo Lodge, The Manor private villas and Plains Camp – Samara’s comprehensive offering includes luxury accommodation, all meals and beverages, twice-daily game drives, forest walks, cheetah tracking, mountain rock art excursions, children’s programs and spekbooms, a tree native to South Africa. Hands-on conservation activities such as planting are included.
Travelers booking 4 nights or more will receive complimentary flights from Johannesburg or Cape Town to Port Elizabeth and return transport to the reserve.
Innovation and Debut
The Manor villas are undergoing a full renovation this fall, adding a gym with wilderness views and expanded native gardens designed to attract birds and pollinators. In December, Samara will open a new bush spa at Karoo Lodge, offering outdoor treatments overlooking a waterhole. Spa therapies use Healing Earth products with a focus on sustainable, nature-based wellness.
For travelers looking for an additional cultural and scientific experience, the newly opened Karoo Origins Fossil Center in the nearby town of Graaff-Reinet offers the world’s largest public collection of Karoo fossils, including specimens endemic to the region and more than 250 million years old.
All-inclusive rates start at approximately $1,150 per person per night, with a two-night minimum stay required. To make a reservation, contact bookings@samara.co.za or visit www.samara.co.za.
