Sondelani Ranch

This area is situated around 220kms south of Bulawayo which is the main base of Klipkraal Safaris being the hunting Company that is owned by Gary Hopkins 

Sondelani Lodge is situated along what is known as the Bulawayo Beitbridge highway thus making access to this lodge very easy from Bulawayo by a simple 2.5-hour drive. 

The lodge has comfortable accommodation facilities available, with no less than 6 fully serviced chalets able to sleep 2 people per chalet all with en-suite bathroom and toilet facilities. There is also a fully serviced dining room and bar area. From the lodge there is an awesome view overlooking the dam and surrounding hunting area.  The Lodge is run on generator, there is no wifi at the lodge.

It’s an ideal location for a hunter to bring his wife and family and even for 2 hunters to enjoy each other’s company on a more affordable hunt budget as well as for group hunts.

The hunting area is game fenced along its perimeter and is around 20 000 acres in extent and does have  populations of Impala, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Kudu, Warthog, Eland and Zebra, we also have a second area which is a 1 hour drive from Sondelani where we can also take extra plains game species and Nyala .

However, the main attraction is for Buffalo. There is a population of around 250 buffalo present on Sondelani.

Through careful off take of a limited number of Buffalo bulls per year on an exclusive basis for the hunter, we can offer the serious Buffalo hunter an affordable but challenging fair chase safari. The Buffalo that inhabit this area have been hunted here for more than 20 years thus are an established population and are very wise to the sounds and smells that emanate from hunters. Therefore, a fair amount of walking, glassing and extremely careful stalking in the thick bush will be required to bag a decent trophy Buffalo that Sondelani offers.

Trophy size for Buffalo – hard headed mature bulls from mid- thirties to low forties