Day 1-3

Madikwe Game Reserve

Staying at Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge

Arrive at Johannesburg International airport and transit to the departure lounge for the seat in charter shuttle flight to Madikwe. Depending on your time of arrival, you might require a pre-night in Johannesburg, we will advise you accordingly. 

Flying into the bush means that your safari experience starts before you even touchdown at the airstrip nearest to your lodge.  Amazing views from above capturing the landscapes‚ wildlife and unique angle from the aircraft as you soar above the African safari landscapes. Arrive at the airstrip and transfer to the lodge. Madikwe Hills is your home away from home for the next 3 nights. 

Traversing over 75 000 hectares, Madikwe Game Reserve is where the plains still team with game and the acacia savannah symbolizes a paragon of beauty. Madikwe Hills is in the middle of the Reserve, giving you a huge advantage on game drives. The malaria-free Madikwe Reserve is home not only to the ‘Big 5’ of Africa, but also to a wealth of other fascinating creatures, including the rare Wild Dog. Wildlife can be viewed on game drives, walking safaris, and from the privacy of your suite deck.

Your accommodation is spacious and luxurious, with a cosy living room, leading into the peaceful bedroom with a gigantic pillow-strewn four-poster bed. Throw open all the floor-to-ceiling windows and retreat to a sunbed in the shade of an acacia tree, or grab a towel and jump into your own personal plunge pool for the ultimate in relaxed game viewing – you’ll be amazed at what passes by just a hundred feet or so from your deck.

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Day 4-6

Marakele National Park

Staying at Marataba Safari Lodge

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip, on time for the shuttle charter flight back to Johannesburg and connecting to Marakele National Park.

You will now have the opportunity to discover a very different region, with a variety of landscape and wonderful wildlife encounters. Marata Safari Lodge is tented which brings a different perspective to your safari. The lodge is a simple extension of the natural safari environment beyond its walls – natural, rich, and bold. While Safari Lodge’s stone and canvas Suites may look ‘down to earth’, they are anything but basic, with all the modern features included. Each has a king-sized bed, en-suite bathroom (including an oval bath you can languish in up to your chin), outdoor shower, craft bar and shaded viewing deck.

Within this 21 000ha (51 890ac) piece of unspoilt Africa, luxury is in the experience of life’s great treasures: space, a preserved natural wilderness, and enriching human connections. Enjoy game drives with professional field guides, bush walks, and a surprise sunset water safaris. Game viewing here is particularly impressive due to the overlapping of habitats in a transition zone. Encounter the Big Five, as well as the black rhino – in numbers seldom seen in the southern hemisphere. Observe elephant by the waterways, rare brown hyena and aardwolf, critically endangered pangolin, and the world’s largest colony of endangered Cape Vulture.  

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Day 7

Last Day on Safari

Last morning on safari, back at the lodge for breakfast before you are transferred to the airstrip.

The return charter shuttle flight back to Johannesburg is included, and time at leisure until your own flight back home. Alternatively you can extend your stay with a visit to Cape Town, or Victoria Falls, contact us to discuss the different options.