Sonqua Manor on Elandsfontein Nature Reserve | Game Lodges & Resorts Langebaan

The Elandsfontein Private Nature Reserve is a 6000 hectare nature reserve located on the Cape West Coast which is approximately a one hour's drive on the R27 from Cape Town away, adjacent to the West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

The game and fynbos Elandsfontein nature reserve is home to the largest inward relocation of game in the history of the Western Cape in South Africa. Today more than 600 animals, including the Cape Buffalo, Eland, Gemsbok (Oryx), Hartebeest, Vaal Ribbok, Bontebok, Kudu, Springbok, Cape Grey Buck, Black Wildebeest and Zebra freely roam within the Elandsfontein reserve. World renowned fossil deposits located on the reserve, the rich birdlife, the unique flora and fauna as well as the luxurious accommodation make the Elandsfontein Private Nature Reserve on South Africa's West Coast a truly memorable safari destination.

The safari villa at Elandsfontein is called Sonqua Manor. The luxury manor offers guests four spacious en-suite bedrooms, an interactive kitchen as well as a butler, ranger and chef.

Sonqua Manor received a 5-star grading from the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa which makes it the only 5-star safari lodge on the West Coast as well as the only 5-star lodge within one hour's drive from Cape Town.

Sonqua Manor is ideal for family celebrations, team building and special occasion safaris accommodating up to 8 guests. An interactive kitchen allows for intimate, informal dining and a beautiful pool provides respite from the heat of the day.

Elandsfontein offers exhilarating safaris. With its own dedicated ranger and private 4x4 safari vehicle, Sonqua Manor offers a range of exceptional safari activities at no extra cost as well as an exciting range of optional extras.

Elandsfontein Private Nature Reserve lies within a globally unique bio-region, known as the Cape Floristic Region It is an area of frontal winter rainfall and summer droughts. The Cape Floristic Region, one of six global Floral Kingdoms, is by far the smallest representing 0.01% only of the world's land surface. The entire Cape Floristic Region is a declared a World Heritage Site due to its importance to global biodiversity. The range of plants and animals found in this area is very vulnerable to extinction, particularly in the face of extensive habitat destruction.

Elandsfontein's 6000 hectares of rich and diverse habitats support a large number of game species. The Elandsfontein Private Nature Reserve has reintroduced around 300 animals into the reserve which is the biggest single inward trans-location of wildlife in Western Cape history.

Species introduced to the Elandsfontein Nature Reserve include Eland together with Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Vaal Ribbok, Bontebok, Kudu, Springbok, Cape Grey Buck, Black Wildebeest and Zebra. A herd of Cape Buffalo has also been introduced as part of a ongoing program to reintroduce the big 5 into the reserve. As a direct result of the sound game management programs of the reserve the population of species like Duiker and Steenbuck have also made a remarkable recovery. Today nearly 600 animals freely roam the reserve.

Elandsfontein's Fossils

In 1953 Professor M.R. Drennan published the first description of an early human skull cap found at the Elandsfontein Private Nature Reserve. Since then various other international researchers have visited this site in South Africa to further excavations and research.

During the early 1980's Dr Graham Avery of the then South African Museum conducted further surveys and excavated a number of areas, which he described variously as death sites where large predators had left the skull and vertebrae of a very large mammal like a rhinoceros or long-horned giant buffalo, and accumulations of bones that he ascribed to brown hyena nursery dens. More recently Professor Richard Klein of Stanford University has led studies on the antelope and other fossils in the Iziko South African Museum's collections with Professor Kathy Cruz-Uribe (Northern Arizona University), Dr Teresa Steele and Dr Graham Avery.

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Off R27
Langebaan
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Directions
Traveling from Cape Town on the R27 towards Langebaan, Elandsfontein is on the right
30 km after the Yzerfontein Turn off.

Traveling from Langebaan on the R27 towards Cape Town, Elandsfontein is on the left 9km after the Langebaan Turn off.