South Africa · Up-Close Animal Experiences

6-Hour Bush Walk at Ukutula Nature Reserve with Lions and Cheetahs

6 Hours Round trip from Johannesburg Moderate pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Enjoy the surreal experience of walking with lions
02 Interact closely with cheetahs
03 Watch lions at the water hole from afar
04 Learn about bush life with expert rangers and a trained safari guide

Experience wildlife like never before at Ukutula Nature Reserve on this guided day tour from Johannesburg. Embark on a supervised bush walk with lions, learning about their habitat and how these predators live in the wild from a very close distance. You will also interact with cheetahs and watch lions at the water hole from afar, making the most of these surreal encounters.

This is safe, as the walk is led by rangers and a trained safari guide.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Moderate

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Yes

City Johannesburg

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Bush Walk with Lions at Ukutula Nature Reserve

Pick-up is at 6 am, followed by a 90-minute drive from Johannesburg to Ukutula Nature Reserve.
We will arrive at 8 am and begin with a guided bush walk with the lions. This is safe, as the walk is led by rangers and a trained safari guide. Following behind the lions and learning more about life in the bush, you will never get a significantly closer experience to bush life than this.
After the bush walk, we will take a 30-minute coffee break. Following the break, we will go on a guided walk to the lions' and cheetahs' camps, where we will have a close interaction with the cheetahs.
Afterwards, we will take a lunch break, and post-lunch, we will follow and view lions at the water hole from a distance.
At 3 p.m., we will drive back to Johannesburg, with an estimated arrival time of 5 p.m.