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About Watatunga Nature Reserve

Major’s Lodge is a delightful single-story wooden safari lodge, newly renovated and overlooking the grassy expanses and lakes of Watatunga Wildlife Reserve. With a stunning vista over grazing herds of exotic deer and antelope species, Major’s Lodge is a fully accessible property that sleeps up to eight people. Guests can view many of Watatunga’s highly endangered deer and antelope from the comfort of the terrace or their sitting-room. You will have exclusive access to golf buggies & a large state-of-the-art bird hide just a minutes’ walk from the grounds within the lodge. Major’s Lodge and the bird hide are both suitable for the less-able with a ramp provided at the main entrance allowing wheel-chair access and a large wet room. There is also access to ‘catch and release’ fishing for trout on the owners’ newly stocked lake on the Watlington estate. On a free guided-tour of the reserve, guests will learn all about the conservation work at Watatunga while meeting the hoof-stock, water-buffalo, white-stork and Great Bustard which have all made Watatunga their home.

Watatunga is a stunning new wildlife reserve in west Norfolk.  Situated amongst 170 acres of woodland, grassland and lakes, Watatunga provides a unique environment for over twenty types of ungulate and rare bird species to roam at their will.   We run breeding programmes for many of our species including the Malayan sambar, hog deer, barasingha and the great bustard, a spectacular bird which went extinct in the U.K. in 1832.

Access to the reserve is via guided tour only and must be pre-booked online via our website.  We also offer luxurious self-catering accommodation with stunning views of the animals and the option to organise private tours for small groups in our electric buggies or large groups in our safari trailer.