点评:My husband and I stayed at Tiger Canyon for 3 nights and can honestly say it was the highlight of our South African holiday. The Lodge itself is small - only 3 rooms - but they are all large, with a huge bathroom and have amazing balconies overlooking the canyon. The hospitality is exemplary - being so small they can cater your meal timings, menu choices to your own choosing and the food itself is excellent. But what makes this place special, is the unparalleled access to 11 magnificent Tigers and 5 Cheetahs -all of whom roam wild in this small reserve. The conservation aim of growing the Bengal Tiger population means that they have created 3 sections each with a dominant male Tiger, to avoid unnecessary killing. We always managed to find Tigers on each Game Drive we had into the reserve, and were also lucky enough to see their 1 white Tiger. This was down to our amazing guide Greg - whose relationship with some of the Cheetahs meant that we were able to get way closer than we would ever have dreamt possible.
We have always wanted to see Tigers in the wild, and almost booked a trip to India to do so - but were concerned about reviews of chaotic game drives and poor chance of sightings. We stumbled on Tiger Canyon by googling "best game reserves for Tigers" - and very happy we did.
FYI Getting there - we flew to Bloemfontein and then got a taxi transfer to the reserve (a couple of hours drive)- but fellow guests hired cars and drove there without any problem.
翻译:我和丈夫在老虎峡谷住了 3 晚,可以坦率地说这是我们南非假期的亮点。旅馆本身很小 - 只有 3 个房间 - 但所有房间都很大,配有超大浴室和俯瞰峡谷的迷人阳台。热情好客堪称典范 - 虽然规模很小,但他们可以为您提供用餐时间、菜单选择,而且食物本身也很棒。但这个地方的特别之处在于,您可以无与伦比地接触 11 只雄伟的老虎和 5 只猎豹 - 它们都在这个小保护区里自由漫步。保护目标是增加孟加拉虎的数量,这意味着他们创建了 3 个区域,每个区域都有一只占主导地位的雄性老虎,以避免不必要的杀戮。我们每次进入保护区时总能找到老虎,而且很幸运地看到了 1 只白虎。这要归功于我们出色的导游 Greg - 他与一些猎豹的关系意味着我们能够比我们想象的更接近它们。
我们一直想在野外看到老虎,差点就预定了去印度的旅行——但担心评论说狩猎活动混乱,而且目击机会渺茫。我们在谷歌搜索“老虎最佳保护区”时偶然发现了老虎峡谷——我们非常高兴。
仅供参考:如何到达那里——我们飞往布隆方丹,然后打车前往保护区(几个小时的车程)——但其他客人租了车,开车去了那里,没有任何问题。