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Jacis Safari Lodge
Madikwe Game Reserve, Sun City
- Lively and refreshing lodge with a casual atmosphere
- Luxurious rooms and a suite worth poaching for
- Exceptional wilderness experience in the Madikwe Game Reserve
Jacis Safari Lodge is owned and manages by jaci herself. It is her bright colours and artistic touches that make this a lodge with character, warmth and charm.
The eight chalets – and sumptuous suite - are stone, canvas, timber and shaggy thatch constructions with plenty of hand-made features. The baths were hewn from rock on site and the decorative furniture was all made to order. Oranges and cloudy blues mix with cotton white and bush brown and no square inch has been left unadorned.
The main lodge is built around an ancient anthill and gnarled tree trunks hold up the large thatch roof; dinners are a creative adventure staged in the open-air boma to the light of a flickering campfire.
The wilderness encounter is exceptional. Two game drives each day are punctuated with an interpretive bush walk and the rooms overlook a dry riverbed that is as busy as a motorway with animals heading to the waterhole below the lodge.
The Madikwe Game Reserve is a 75,000-ha newcomer in a malaria-free area. The transition from woodland savannah to the Kalahari Desert begins here and the habitats sustain an amazing diversity of wildlife.
During a massive game relocation operation the reserve was stocked with over 10,000 animals including the ‘magnificent seven’ – lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, rhino (white and black), elephant and buffalo. Abundant antelope – including the rare sable - and many other fascinating creatures make for a wildlife experience that cannot be beaten.
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Type: Lodge
Rates from: R3600pp sharing
Status: Loads of Fairy Dust
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The Madikwe Game Reserve is in the far north-west of South Africa on the Botswana border; a 50-minute flight or a five -hour drive from Joburg. |
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Packed with animals and spread with rugged beauty, the Madikwe Game Reserve is an exclusive – malaria-free – rival to the country’s more popular reserves. |
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