Connectivity for game reserves and safari lodges

What reserves & lodges need connectivity for

• Guest connectivity that actually works at the lodge
• Lodge-to-lodge and ranger management comms
• Security and anti-poaching camera backhaul
• Connectivity to remote gates, camps and staff housing
• One engineered backbone instead of a patchwork of consumer lines

How CTTX delivers it

We start with a site survey — assessing terrain, line-of-sight and the nearest viable backhaul. We design an engineered link (the right radios, mast height and path), our own qualified teams build it, and we support the infrastructure once it's live. Where a carrier business fixed-wireless or LTE service is the right fit, we arrange that too as an authorised reseller. The result is connectivity engineered for your site — not a best-effort consumer line.

Proof: a 30,000ha reserve, three lodges, one backbone

Before CTTX, a 30,000-hectare private game reserve ran on a consumer wireless service delivering roughly 3 Mbps down — with the provider on site every day swapping equipment to keep it alive. We replaced it with one engineered layer: a carrier-backed 100 Mbps fully symmetrical backhaul into the property, a main mast serving the main lodge, and two solar-powered relay masts extending the backbone to the outlying lodges.

• Over 800 Mbps measured on the reserve backbone — near-gigabit on-property capacity
• Zero provider site visits since go-live (previously daily)
• Guests stream HD sport at the lodges; ranger comms and reservations run on the same backbone
• Solar-powered, lithium-backed, remotely monitored — vandalism-proof stainless cabinets

The owner's clearest verdict: they stopped doing speed tests. That is what owned infrastructure feels like. Read the full reserve case study →

Common questions

What is reserve connectivity?

Reserve connectivity is the network that joins a game reserve together: a feed into the property, a wireless backbone from high sites to every lodge, gate, ranger station and camera, and the guest and staff Wi-Fi that runs on top of it. CTTX surveys, designs, builds and supports that network, so the reserve owns it.

How do I get internet in the bush?

Find the nearest point with real capacity, usually a high site within line of sight, and build an engineered link from there to a mast on the property. From that mast, point-to-point links reach each lodge and camp. Solar and batteries keep it up where there is no grid.

Is a satellite connection enough for a lodge?

It can be the feed. On its own it is a single point of failure, and it still only lands at one roof. Lodges that stay up usually have two feeds and their own backbone to each unit, so one fault does not take the whole lodge offline.

Why does our lodge Wi-Fi slow down when we are full?

Usually it is not the feed. It is one link or one access point shared by everyone, often with guests, staff and cameras all on the same network. Separate them, size the backbone for a full house, and put access points where guests actually sit.

What does a reserve site survey cost?

R3,500 excluding VAT, credited back against the build if you proceed. The Network Assessment tells you what the property needs and what is wrong with what you have now.

More detail on multi-lodge backbones: game reserve and lodge networks. Sites with no coverage at all: remote site connectivity.

Serving reserves & lodges across South Africa

CTTX Services operates from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Cape Town across all nine provinces, with a focus on sites in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga where reliable business connectivity is hardest to get. If you run reserves & lodges and your connection is holding your operation back, that's exactly the problem we solve.

Ready to start?

Request a site survey or a connectivity assessment for your site. Email sales@cttx.co.za or apply online and we'll come back with next steps.