Lelapa Camp feels luxurious but relaxed, perhaps best suited to families or friend groups. The communal swimming pool invites you to be sociable, but you can also enjoy the tranquility of your private suite. Lalapa Camp also boasts a viewing platform that overlooks an active waterhole, so you can enjoy fantastic wildlife sightings right from the lodge.

The eight spacious thatched suites offer a tranquil place to unwind, with calming decor and at atmospheric log-burner. The suites are designed to allow you to connect with the great outdoors, with the private deck, plunge pool and outdoor shower. Suites are all air-conditioned with an en suite bathroom, a mini bar, coffee and tea making and a hairdryer. For families, there are interconnecting rooms, with bunk beds for the children.

Kopano Camp is intimate and peaceful. With just four suites and a cosy communal area, thie camp is perfect for couples or older families.

Guest suites feel secluded and sophisticated, with a spacious seating area, a wood-fire and a private deck. As well as the en-suite bathroom with a bathtub, there is an outdoor shower, or you can take a refreshing dip in the private plunge pool. The air-conditioned suites can either be configured with twin beds or a king bed. There is also a tea and coffee maker, a mini bar, a safe and a hairdryer.

Enjoy a cosy dining area, relax around the fire pit or take a refreshing dip in the swimming pool.

Dithaba Camp offers an even more elevated experience, for guests wanting an intimate and tranquil stay. Adults-only, there are just four suites, and the camp is perched further up in the mountains, so it is wonderfully remote, with fantastic views over the reserve.

Each of the sophisticated suites have a spacious lounge area, with a wood-burning fireplace, that leads out onto your private deck. On the deck, you can enjoy a dip in a private plunge pool, unwind on thye sun loungers, or use the outdoor shower. Your en suite bathroom has both a shower and a deep bathtub, where you can soak with a view. The rooms are air-conditioned, with either twin beds or a king bed, a stocked mini bar, coffee and tea maker,, a safe and a hairdryer.

Swimming Pool – Each camp has a communal swimming pool, in addition to your private plunge pool. It’s the perfect way to feel refreshed after a morning on safari, and you can soak in the views as you swim.

Spa – Tucked away between the trees, the Safari Spa is designed for total relaxation. With a range of treatment options, from facials to massages, all rooted in African Botanicals, you can enjoy a spa experience tailored to you. There is also a steam room and a plunge pool.

Fitness Centre – With cardio and strength equipment, free weights and mats you can workout however you like, all surrounded by stunning scenery.

Guests can also enjoy WiFi in public areas.

There are a range of dining experiences on offer, depending on which camp you’re staying in. Meals can be enjoyed in the main lodge dining areas, outdoors in a boma, on a viewing deck, or out in the bush during a game drive.

At Madikwe Safari Lodge, the food reflects the environment: it’s fresh and seasonal. Menus are carefully curated to show local ingredients at their best, and to offer an elevated dining experience.

Included in your stay are breakfast, lunch and dinner, treats on game drives, high tea before safaris and in-room mini bar snacks.

You can explore Madikwe Safari Lodge on immersive game drives. Led by an expert guide, safaris combine education, storytelling, and time for you to soak it all in.

Game drives can be tailored to you, for those interested in photography, families, birders or guests seeking quiet immersion. You’ll have the opportunity to go on morning, afternoon and evening game drives, to experience the difference in the atmosphere and different sightings on each.

Within Madikwe Game Reserve’s semi-arid Kalahari and bushveld savanna biomes, there are all of the ‘Big 5’ safari animals (elephants, lions, leopards, rhino and buffalo), as well as smaller game and a huge range of birdlife.

Guided bush walks are also available.