Kalahari Safari

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 10 June 2026

Lightning Box have a new slot Kalahari Safari, where you can see the wildlife that roam the breath-taking African Savannah. Features include free spins, scatters, stacked wilds and the potential to win up to x6,500 of your wager.

Slot details

Kalahari Safari is a 5 reel, 4 row video slot with 1,024 ways to win and is playable across all devices. Wagering starts from 40p up to £100 per spin on this medium variance slot with an RTP of 95.10%.The semi-transparent reels sit on a backdrop of the vast Kalahari desert with a river, trees, mountains and zebras grazing, bison, elephants, giraffes and other wildlife. Symbols are the lower value 9- Ace royals, tribal drums, zebras, crocodiles, necklace and lions. The latter is worth x6.25 of your wager for 5.The elephant is the wild symbol and can only appear on the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th reels and can substitute all others barring the stampede scatters.

Gameplay

Landing 3, 4 or 5 stampede scatter on a single spin will award you with 8, 15 or 20 free spins and x2, x10 or x20 of your wager respectively. Any wilds appearing during the feature will be stacked and only appear on the centre 3 reels.This can be re-triggered by landing 2, 3 4 or 5 more scatters which give you another 5, 8, 15 or 20 free spins.Kalahari Safari is a superbly designed slot with decent graphics and soundtrack which matches the theme well. It is a fun game and not in any way complicated. The maximum wins will come from the free spins with help of the stacked wilds you can pocket a nice tidy sum of up to x6.500 of your wager.

Matthew Kennedy

Co-founder & Technical Director at Play Cash Games

Matthew Kennedy co-founded Take Marketing Limited in 2008 alongside Becky Mosley and has worked in the UK online gambling industry ever since. He runs the technical side of the operation, building and maintaining the platforms that power Play Cash Games and the wider Take Marketing portfolio.

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