Kwantu Game Reserve

Kwantu Private Game Reserve is located on the legendary Sidbury Plains, in the heart of Frontier Country, along the banks of the Bushman’s river – a mere hour’s drive from Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Travellers from Cape Town will take the N2 toward Port Elizabeth, enjoying the scenic Garden Route and all it’s splendour, en-route to Kwantu.

A drive from Durban will see you travelling along the N2 through the magestic Transkei, and should you be visiting us from Bloemfontein, enjoy the beautiful countryside whilst driving along the N10. Visitors will take the N2 to Grahamstown from Nelson Mandela Bay, and continue for approximately 80 km turning left at the Sidbury turnoff and following the signs to Kwantu (approximately 15km later). Rolling hills, flat grasslands, lush forests and historical frontier architecture will greet you at Kwantu. The unspoiled bushveld and clear blue skies meet to provide a magnificient setting to explore the rich wildlife and intriguing history of this scenic paradise.

In the midst of the Kwantu Reserve, lies the village of Sidbury. The Sidbury Plains, resting within the heart of Frontier Country, have a war torn history. During the early Nineteenth Century, many a fierce battle was waged between the British Settlers and the local people on these rolling grassy fields. The old house in Greenvale farm belonged to Henry Nosworthy and his wife Johanna Katerina and their seven daughters during the 1850’s. Henry had emigrated to the Cape in 1839, where his brother drowned in Table Bay. His brothers’ son Spencer, was working as a horticulturist in Cape Town when Nosworthy started ordering seeds for Greenvale. Greenvale was sold to a captain Harrison after the First World War, by Henry’s son George. Since the visit to Sidbury by HRH, The Queen of England, in 1861, the famous Sidbury cricket ground continues to host contests.