{"id":1432,"date":"2010-08-11T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2015-04-02T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T11:04:12","slug":"families-at-samara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/11\/families-at-samara\/","title":{"rendered":"Families at Samara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Samara_Karoo_Lodge\/\">Samara Private Game Reserve<\/a> encompasses 29,000 hectares of malaria-free spectacular Karoo wilderness. The reserve offers a tremendous game experience for those hoping to see cheetah (there is an excellent wild cheetah breeding programme in operation here), mountain zebra, the once-endangered white rhino, big herds of plains game such as kudu, eland, black wildebeest and beautiful birds, such as the rare blue crane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1440\" title=\"28903\" alt=\"28903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/28903.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The reserve is only a 2.5 hour drive from Port Elizabeth, making it an ideal end to any family holiday that takes in some of the Garden Route too.<\/p>\n<p>For any bookings made between now and the 1st November, Samara are offering these fantastic deals for families :<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Pay for 2 nights and receive the 3rd night completely free<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Children under 14 years of age will only pay 50% if sharing with an adult \u2013 and children under 8 stay for free<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 During a 3 night stay, one adult will receive a complimentary shoulder \/ back \/ neck massage \u2013 I would imagine this will appeal to all mothers !!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Baby sitting services are provided free of charge<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Children get a specialised kiddies menu<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Because children under the age of 8 may not accompany their parents on game drives, they can enjoy a whole host of kiddy-friendly activities, such as their own shortened game drives (with popcorn and snacks), face painting, baking with the chef, orienteering courses, sketch your own Bushman paintings, star-naming, making animals from natural products, puzzles, crafting with African beads, insect and bug appreciation \u2013 plus all children receive a free gift on arrival<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All families will get a treasure hunt walk in the bush with their ranger<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Family picnics can also be arranged<\/p>\n<p>For a stay here if booked with Travel Butlers, we are offering the following rates :<\/p>\n<p>August : Adults pay R2,845 per person sharing per night<br \/>\nSeptember : Adults pay R3,535 per person sharing per night<br \/>\nOctober : Adults pay R3,730 per person sharing per night<\/p>\n<p>Children rates as quoted above.<\/p>\n<p>The rate includes all meals, tea and coffee, 2 game drives daily for the adults, local house wines and soft beverages. 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The reserve offers a tremendous game experience for those hoping to see cheetah (there is an excellent wild cheetah breeding programme in operation here), mountain zebra, the once-endangered white rhino, big herds of plains game such as kudu, eland, black wildebeest and beautiful [&#8230;] <a class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/11\/families-at-samara\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,89,13,8,9],"tags":[73,625],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-safari","category-family-holidays","category-south-africa","category-travel-butlers","category-travel-news","tag-malaria-free","tag-samara-private-game-reserve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}