Wedding And Wildlife At Nambiti Hills

Photo by Grant Pitcher

Just how memorable do you want your wedding to be? Not just for you and your partner, but for all your guests? I know a lot of people fall into the numbers trap – massive wedding, lots of partying, everybody drinking the booze you or your father is paying for. A really big occasion, very flash, and off you go on your honeymoon having only engaged with a few people at your wedding (probably those at your table). Your guests go home, some sentimental, many nursing hangovers the next day, and they return to their “same old, same old” life.

Photo by Grant Pitcher

Now picture this as an alternative. A wedding in the wild. A wedding amongst elephants, cheetah, lions and giraffes. With spectacular views of open plains, rivers and valleys teeming with wildlife.  Where the nuptials are held overlooking the magnificent Nambiti Private Game Reserve from wide verandah of the 5-star Nambiti Hills Private Game Lodge. Where meals, drinks and cocktails can either be held in the lodge or at a very romantic spot in the game reserve itself – perhaps by the rocks overlooking a small waterfall, or in the boma beneath the evening stars.

For the newly married couple, of course, an extended stay in the luxurious and very private  honeymoon suite. For the rest of the lucky guests who make up a small intimate party, a night in one of the eight executive suites or accommodation in any of the nearby lodges should the suites be taken up by the bride and groom’s family, groomsmen and bridesmaids.

Now imagine early morning game drives, walking safaris and gourmet meals. Giving you plenty of time to experience the beauty of Africa with your family and friends. And also all the time you want to spend alone.

Just think of how memorable your wedding would be. Not just for you, but for your guests as well.

My partner and I have been together for nearly ten years now. We nearly got hitched in New York a few years’ ago but the chaos of Christmas and other family commitments plus our own total lack of organisation put paid to that. But a wedding at Nambiti HIlls, hmmm, now there’s a thought.

- Siobhan Gunning