Situated in the Northern Cape, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a world-class conservation haven of breathtaking natural beauty
Tucked into a valley below the Koranna Berg mountains, Tarkuni Homestead is a luxury safari lodge for families and small groups wanting to spend quality time together on their own terms.
Tarkuni Homestead is a bush hideaway that offers absolute freedom, tranquillity, and beauty. Around you are views to forever, through endless space and under cobalt skies.
Here, in a region known as the green Kalahari, you can completely escape the world and be immersed in authentic conservation and wildlife experiences found nowhere else.
Best of all, everything at Tarkuni Homestead – truly everything – is flexible and organised by your dedicated host according to your desires. The homestead also comes with a private safari vehicle, guide and tracker.
At this catered luxury accommodation, a private chef is on hand to take care of every dining detail.
For a group of couples seeking a romantic bush getaway, the five suites under one thatched roof offer community, while each spacious suite ensures privacy for everyone in residence.
There are nooks and cosy corners to dine, as well as a games room-library and a dedicated therapy room for relaxing massages.
A safari hideaway for all seasons
Throughout Tarkuni the soft hues of the Kalahari outside are echoed inside through decor.
Soft pink of the sand, pale green of the landscape after summer rain, tranquil cream and other neutrals give the interior a calm, welcoming energy that’s hard to explain and better to feel.
It’s light and airy for the hot summers, and there are cosy fireplaces for cold winter nights in the southern Kalahari. When you arrive, you’ll immediately feel comfortable and relaxed.
Wondering what wildlife you can expect to see? Wildlife at Tarkuni is rare and unusual. From Kalahari black-maned lions and endangered pangolin and black rhino, to aardvark, aardwolf and oryx live here naturally. There are also cheetah on the plains and leopard in the mountains.
You can interact with researchers too and learn about their projects, watch a colony of meerkats go about their daily lives, horse ride through the bush or walk in the mountains to find petroglyphs from the middle Stone Age.
Then there’s always the option of relaxing on your veranda and being hypnotised by the rock cascades and endless space before you in the Tarkuni valley.
Tarkuni means ‘a world apart’ and true to its name it’s exactly that. A beautiful world within the world, you could say – and a rare and precious space for sure.