Tuli Wilderness Trails offers a wonderful natural location to awaken the explorer in you and to enjoy an authentic wilderness experience reminiscent of Africa a century ago.

Situated in the 70000ha Northern Tuli Game Reserve in eastern Botswana, Tuli Wilderness Trails operates on an unfenced concession of 10000ha within the reserve and is owner managed by Craig Beaton who has a wealth of experience in the southern African wildlife tourism and hospitality industry.

The professionally guided 4-day walking trails are the flagship activity at Tuli Wilderness Trails. We also offer affordable, exclusive, self-catering or full catered accommodation in a choice of three distinct bush camps with game activities – short walks and game drives.

The Northern Tuli Game Reserve boasts the world’s largest elephant population on privately owned land and elephant viewing is awesome with some unparalleled sightings, providing fantastic photographic opportunities. Lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted and brown hyena are among the many carnivore species that occur on the reserve. Tuli Wilderness Trails’ iconic Bat-eared fox is often spotted on night-time game drives. Large herds of free roaming eland, zebras and wildebeest are seen regularly and many other plains game are also found in the area.

Birding at Tuli Wilderness Trails is excellent with over 370 species identified in the area. Species range from Pel’s Fishing Owl, Secretarybird, African Hawk Eagle and Southern Ground-Hornbill to Three-banded Courser, Dusky Lark and sometimes even Pelicans are spotted. We have a resident pair of breeding Verreaux’s (Black) Eagles on the property.

Whilst the dominant cover is Mopane, the tall Apple-leaf and gigantic Mashatu trees are numerous and groves of Acacia occur in some areas of Tuli. The Sesame bush, with its swollen stems and angular stiff branches grows prolifically alongside the rocky ridges.

Tuli Wilderness Trails borders on the Limpopo River in the south and on the Motloutse River in the east and many small tributaries of these rivers criss-cross the land in between. The landscapes are diverse ranging from riverine forests through alluvial floodplains to Mopane veld and interesting sandstone ridges.

It is well worth visiting the fascinating Solomon’s Wall, a striking geographical feature. The high basalt dyke once spanned the Motloutse River and the high “walls” on each bank of the river bear testament to centuries of erosion by the river over this dyke.

The Tuli area is rich in archaeological heritage and beautiful San rock art sites have been discovered alongside numerous archaeological sites dating back from the Stone Age. Scattered artefacts are still being discovered over the concession.

Game viewing is excellent during the drier months of April to October. This is also the best time to participate on professionally guided walking wilderness trails. The southern night skies appear to be studded with more stars than during the other seasons. The stark beauty of the landscape towards the end of the dry season is synonymous with the Tswana word “tuli” (meaning dust).

Tuli Wilderness Trails’ ‘green season’ occurs from November to March and this is when the African bush puts on a whole new look. Most animals produce their young while the migrant birds return to their sunny southern African summer homes. Once the rains return to the region, the bush lays a lush green floral carpet and the sky is spectacularly blue, all combining to make this a special season to visit Tuli Wilderness Trails.

We look forward to seeing you in one of our camps soon or joining us on a trail or ‘African Walking Safari’.

Soccer fans note: Tuli is only 200kms from Polokwane, one of the host cities of the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa.