Ingwelala, Private wildlife reserve in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Ingwelala is a private wildlife reserve in Limpopo Province that spreads across a large area along the Nhlaralumi River. The property borders both the Umbabat Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park with no fencing between them, allowing animals to move freely across these protected areas.
The reserve was formed by combining four farms named Argyle, Buffelsbed, Goedehoop, and Si Bon, each registered under different ownership structures for conservation purposes. This consolidation created a larger protected area that allows unrestricted animal movement.
Ingwelala is a private stakeholder reserve: shareholding owners in the four constituent farms, Argyle, Buffelsbed, Goedehoop and Si Bon, hold rights to the land and its Sibon Lodge, which they may use before booking. The reserve takes its name from the Nhlaralumi River bank on which it lies, and it adjoins the Umbabat Nature Reserve and the unfenced Kruger National Park.
Ingwelala lies about 65 km from Hoedspruit, on the Nhlaralumi River in the lowveld within Bushbuckridge Municipality. Access is by private vehicle; there is no fencing between the reserve and the adjoining Umbabat Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park, so wildlife moves through freely. Shareholders may use Sibon Lodge before booking.
Ingwelala is made up of four separately registered game farms: Argyle (1,499 ha, Ingwelala Shareblock Ltd), Buffelsbed (1,018 ha, Buffelsbed Shareblock Ltd), Goedehoop (372 ha, Ingwelala Holdings Ltd) and Si Bon (257 ha, Si Bon Property Holdings Ltd). Shareholders may use Sibon Lodge, a private lodge in the bush, before booking.
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