This is the reserve we are staying on. It's called Amakhala and is on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Amakhala is a private, big 5 game reserve about 1 hour from Port Elizabeth.

The reserve consists of 6000 hectares of bush and is home to a number of animals including: four cheetah (known locally as 'hlosi'), four lions (two of which are cubs), giraffe, white rhino (one baby), elephants, zebra, hyena (spotted and brown), jackals, and heaps of antelope.

There are 8 lodges on the reserve, run by different owners who co-own the land (which is gradually being bought back from farmers). One of the lodges is owned by Will and Sharon Van Duyn who run the Modgaji volunteer program we are taking part in. We stay in a small cottage just next to the family house and our neighbours include two cerval cats and a cheetah named Lightfoot.