Frontier Safaris was established over 31 years ago. In 1989, Barry Burchell had a very clear goal of establishing Africas greatest safari outfit. With three pristine ranches stretching across South Africa and Namibia, Frontier Safaris totals to 240,000 acres. Burchell Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is made up of over 75, 000 acres of unmatched rolling hills, the best Cape Kudu habitat. Daweb-Suid, in South Namibia, stretches over 120, 000 acres of sub Kalahari desert home to unmatched herds of springbuck and oryx. Trudia in North Namibia, is only 15 miles South of the well known Etosha national park and its 45, 000 acres of jagged rocky hills and thick Mopani forest is home to Africas best kudu.

“Hebron”, is the first farm that makes up Burchell Game Reserve South Africa. It was bought by the Burchell family in 1987. At that stage, Barry was still in school. He always loved this part of the world and saw the potential then. Today, this area is the premier game area of Southern Africa. Barry took over the control of Hebron Farm from his family in 1989 and launched Frontier Safaris. He started building Masada Lodge in 1995, witch consisted of eight rooms and a dining area built from rock and roofed with traditional thatch harvested on the ranch. The best part of the lodge is its breathtaking view. In 2001, eight couple suites were built and completed. This brought the lodge to a capacity of 16 rooms. In 2003, we built the beautiful top boma, the main entertaining area of the lodge and where many memories are shared and friendships created. The pool was finally completed in 2006. Only recently, during the quiet 2020 season, a wheel chair friendly room was added to Masada Lodge. Today, Hebron makes up about 15% of Burchell Game Reserve. In total, we have about 30 different species on Burchell Game Reserve.

There are no internal fences on either of Burchell Game Reserves ranches allowing animals to roam freely. We take pride in our fair chase safaris and love the challenge big open ranches bring to the hunt.

The northern Namibian ranch was purchased back in 1995, the most recent addition to the three ranches owned by the Burchell family. It is situated just South of Etosha National Park, approximately a five hour scenic drive from Windhoek Airport. The ranch covers 45,000 acres and the nearest town to this ranch is Outjo. Frontier Safaris Namibia operates out of a beautiful traditional African style tented camp built by Barry and his team back in 2004. The ranch’s topography is rolling hills covered in thick Mopani trees with a few open areas in the lower laying regions and is situated in a malaria free zone.

The South Namibian Ranch, Dawe-Suid, is the biggest of the three ranches owned by the Burchell family. It has been in the family the longest, since 1984. The Burchells are very proud to be the owners of this 120, 000 acre ranch. As they have in the north, Frontier Safaris has set up a traditional African safari style tented camp on the south ranch with 6 wall tents and a boma for dining and siting around a bonfire under the stars. This ranch is the home of the Burchell Oryx or better known as the Golden Oryx. The south camp is also in a malaria free zone. Clients will fly into Windhoek and have a five hour scenic drive down to the South Namibian Ranch. The closest town to the ranch is Keetmanshoop.

Frontier Safaris is a family run, family friendly safari operation. What started as Barry’s vision over 30 years ago has turned into a beautiful reality. Frontier Safaris is run by Barry, his wife and their sons. You can rest assure, Barry and his team will do everything in their power to ensure you and your family will have the safari of a lifetime. We welcome you and your family to Frontier Safaris as we turn your dreams into a reality.

It’s in Our Name. The Burchell family has a long African History. Dr. William John Burchell traveled by ship to South Africa in 1810 as a botanist where he collected a fair amount of plant species to be taken back to England to be studied. While he was in Africa, he named and described many animals. Some of the most common are; Burchell Zebra, Burchells Coucal, Burchells Sandgrouse, Black Footed Cat, White Rhino, and the African Wild Dog. William returned to England, presented his work, and moved back to Africa with his family in 1819 just before the British settlers came in 1820. Although he himself did not have any children, Barry’s descendent is William’s brother. Barry is the 7th generation Burchell to be born in South Africa and his sons are the 8th generation African Burchells.