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About Room Facilities Method of payment Directions Pictures Activities Location Surrounding Town Distances Rates Wildlife & Fauna Flight Co-Ordinates Cancellation Policy   Accommodation Type What to Bring Air Transfer Enquire Room Categories Grading Road Transfer   Property Amenities Check In & Check Out Time Self Drive        ABOUT Makanyane Safari Lodge was designed by a team of award winning architects to effortlessly blend with the surrounding bush. The relaxed yet luxurious interiors complement the design perfectly, tastefully enhancing the atmosphere of comfort in this idyllic Big 5, Malaria free environment. The lodge consists of a beautiful main building and eight stunning suites, which lie hidden in the lush forest, offering spectacular views over the tranquil Marico River. Situated on 1,800 hectares of private ground within the 75,000 hectare Madikwe Game Reserve which offers a Big 5 game experience in a malaria fee environment. The lodge has accommodation for a maximum of sixteen guests, ensuring that each guest has privacy and individual attention Madikwe Game Reserve is South Africa's second largest game reserve and Makanyane is situated on 1,800 hectares of private ground within the reserve. The reserve is a joint venture embracing the North West Parks and Tourism Board, the private sector and local communities. Established in 1991, Madikwe was the site of operation Phoenix - the largest translocation of game ever undertaken - with over 10,000 animals reintroduced into the reserve. Madikwe Game Reserve is more than just an incredible malaria-free safari destination; it is an internationally significant conservation initiative. The species that populate Madikwe include lion, leopard, black rhino and white rhino as well as large herds of elephant and buffalo. The rare African wild dog (in the Tswana language, "Makanyane"), cheetah, spotted and brown hyena, giraffe, zebra and numerous antelope species also roam the reserve. Over 340 bird species also make their home in Madikwe which sprawls across richly varied eco-zones, from rocky peaks, across open grasslands, to verdant valleys, each zone with its own distinctive inhabitants. Makanyane Safari Lodge is easily accessible via road or air. You now have 3 options of travelling to Makanyane Safari Lodge: By road for approximately 3˝ hours via dirt roads or 4˝ half via tar road (with a 40 km gravel road included) from Johannesburg International Airport / Oliver R Tambo. You can fly from Cape Town International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport / Oliver R Tambo (± 2 hours flight) and then from Johannesburg International Airport / Oliver R Tambo to Gaborone (± 1 hour) & then travel by road from Gaborone for ± 60 km to Makanyane Safari Lodge. You can fly from Cape Town International Airport to Johannesburg International Airport / Oliver R Tambo (± 2 hours flight) and then take a chartered plane from Johannesburg directly to Madikwe Game Reserve. Makanyane Safari Lodge is ready to introduce you to a Big 5, Malaria free safari experience of a lifetime! Looking forward to your stay ... click HERE to book now with Makanyane Safari Lodge Reserve!         PICTURES Click on the images to enlarge Pool Makanyane Main Lodge Lounge       Boma Game Viewing From Deck Hide For Star - View Sleep Out       Suite Suite Suite's Outside Deck       Suite Suite Deck Bathroom       Suite Suite Elephant At Suite       View from deck into suite En-suite Bathroom Outside       Spa Treatment Game Viewing From Deck Sun Deck          RATES   Rates Per Person Sharing Per Night • R3400 (valid from May 2007 until the end of August 2007) • R4600 (valid from September 2007 until the end of April 2008) • R4000 (valid from May 2008 until the end of August 2008) • R5000 (valid from September 2008 until the end of April 2009) • R4400 (valid from May 2009 until the end of August 2009) Rates Per Single Person Per Night • R5100 (valid from May 2007 until the end of August 2007) • R6900 (valid from September 2007 until the end of April 2008) • R6000 (valid from May 2008 until the end of August 2008) • R7500 (valid from September 2008 until the end of April 2009) • R6600 (valid from May 2009 until the end of August 2009) Extended Stay Rates Per Person Sharing Per Night For Min 4 Night Stay • Valid from May 2007 until the end of August 2007    R2720 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R2550 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from September 2007 until the end of April 2008    R4100 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R3900 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from May 2008 until the end of August 2008    R3500 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R3300 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from September 2008 until the end of April 2009    R4500 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R4300 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from May 2009 until the end of August 2009    R3900 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R3700 For Min 5 Night Stay   Extended Stay Rates Per Single Person Per Night • Valid from May 2007 until the end of August 2007    R4080 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R3825 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from September 2007 until the end of April 2008    R6150 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R5850 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from May 2008 until the end of August 2008    R5250 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R4950 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from September 2008 until the end of April 2009    R6750 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R6450 For Min 5 Night Stay   • Valid from May 2009 until the end of August 2009    R5850 For Min 4 Night Stay  & R5550 For Min 5 Night Stay Rates Include • Luxury accommodation in a double thatched suite • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, teas, coffee and cakes • Lunch is included on day of arrival and day of departure • House wines, local beers and spirits, soft drinks and mineral waters • An evening and early morning game drive (Spotlights are used after dark) • Game walks accompanied by an experienced ranger  • Transfers from the airstrip in Madikwe Game Reserve   • Tariffs are quoted inclusive of  Value Added Tax (VAT) at 14% where applicable • Visits to Hides • Emergency Medical Evacuation Insurance Rates Exclude • Telephone calls • Wines not designated as house wines, imported beers and imported spirits • Transfers • Curio Shop purchases • Health spa facilities Honeymoon Packages - Rates Per Person Sharing Per Night • R2720 (valid from May 2007 until the end of August 2007) • R4600 (valid from September 2007 until the end of April 2008) • R4000 (valid from May 2008 until the end of August 2008)| • R5000 (valid from September 2008 until the end of April 2009) • R4400 (valid from May 2009 until the end of August 2009) Honeymoon Packages Rates Include • Usual Inclusions as mentioned above • Complimentary Beauty Treatments to the value of R1000 • Complimentary Sparkling Wine and Fruit Basket on arrival    ACCOMMODATION TYPE Reserve Type • Game Lodge Accommodation Type • Safari Lodge    ROOM CATEGORIES • 8 Luxury Suites • Luxury accommodation in a double thatched suite    PROPERTY AMENITIES • Bush Braai / Barbeque • Cigars Available • Wine Cellar • Restaurant • Boma • Bar • Outdoor Swimming Pool • Indoor Spa Only • Gymnasium • Conference • Library • Wake Up Service • Turn-Down Service • Children Over 12 Welcome • No Pets Allowed • Safe Parking • Gift Shop • Big 5 • Malaria Free    ROOM FACILITIES • Private Viewing Decks • Electric Blankets • Air-conditioning • Ceiling Fan • Fire Place • Umbrellas • Mosquito Nets • Bathroom Heaters • Robes & Slippers • Hair Dryer • Under Floor Heating in the Bathroom • Full En-suite (Bath & Shower) • Outdoor Shower • Bar Fridge • Coffee / Tea • International Convertible Plugs • Telephone • Safe • Non-smoking • Smoking    ACTIVITIES • Morning 4x4 Open Vehicle Game Drive • Evening 4x4 Open Vehicle Game Drive • Nature Walks • Birding    WILDLIFE & FAUNA Wildlife Quick Guide: • Antelope Species: 14 • Bird Species: 340 • Cat Species: 5 We are most known for: • Wild Dogs • Lion • Rhino (Black & white) • Buffalo • Leopard • Cheetah • Elephant • Springbok • Eland • Kudu • Wildebeest • Warthog • Crocodile • Gemsbok • Giraffe • Zebra • Hippo • Brown Hyena • Spotted Hyena • Chacma Baboon • Vervet Monkey • Rock Dassie • African Civet • Small and Large Spotted Genet • Bush Baby • Porcupine • Aardvark    WHAT TO BRING • Dress informally, light cotton tops and cotton trousers for summer - neutral colours are recommended. • Comfortable hiking boots or sturdy walking shoes for those who want to venture on the nature walks. • Sandals are useful for walking around the lodge and pool area • Bring a windbreaker or warm jacket for 4x4 safaris, since the wind can get chilly. • Safari trousers, long-sleeved blouses/shirts and fleece for winter months. • Hat, scarves and gloves are recommended during the winter months (May-September) • Binoculars, video camera, camera and lots of film and batteries ( we do sell film as well) • No need for malaria tablets, since Makanyane is in the Malaria Free North West Province. • Swimming costumes, sun block, insect repellent, sun hat, sunglasses and lip balm    GRADING Equivalent to    CHECK IN & CHECK OUT TIME • Check In After: 14h00 • Check Out Before: 11h00    METHOD OF PAYMENT • Cash or Credit Card (Mastercard, Visa, American Express & Diners Club) • Direct Electronic Bank Transfer Please note that American Express & Diners Club credit cards are not accepted for deposit payments.      LOCATION • Nearest Town: Gaborone (Botswana) • Province: North West Province • Reserve: Madikwe Game Reserve • Reserve Size In Hectares: 75 000 • Malaria Status: None • Big 5 Status: Yes, with wild dogs    FLIGHT CO-ORDINATES • Co-Ordinates: S24 44’ 12”, E26 24’ 27” • Length: 1 200 m • Approach: N/A • Width: 20 m • Radial: N/A • Runway: Gravel • Elevation: 3 200 ft • Radio Frequency: 124.8 MHz    AIR TRANSFER • Departures: Daily • Departure Location: Federal Air Lounge • Departure Time: 11:15 • Arrival Time On Return: 13:30 • Duration Of Flights: ± 1 hour • Minimum Of Passengers: 2 • Maximum Of Passengers: Not limited • Luggage Allowed in Kilograms: 20 Kg per person • Private Charter Flights Available on request: Yes – please give us advance notice    ROAD TRANSFER • Road Transfers Available: Yes • Departures: Daily • Departure Location: Oliver R Tambo International (Johannesburg International Airport • Departure Time: Time of choice • Arrival Time On Return: Time of choice • Duration Of Drive: 3˝ - 4˝ hours    SELF DRIVE There are two routes by road from Johannesburg International Airport to Makanyane Safari Lodge. The first route (approximately 3.5 hours driving time) travels via Sun City to the Makanyane private entrance. This route travels over approximately 90 km of gravel road. The second route (about 4˝ hours driving time) travels via the towns of Rustenburg and Zeerust. Makanyane's private gate will be attended in anticipation of guest's arrival. Please advise the lodge of your estimated time of arrival when making your booking. If possible, it would be greatly appreciated if you could confirm your time of arrival while en-route to the lodge. Makanyane is approximately 60 kilometres from Gaborone, Botswana.    DIRECTIONS FROM JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TAR ROAD ROUTE): After exiting the Johannesburg International Airport, take the R24, R21 to Johannesburg and Pretoria. Stay on the R24 (N3) to Johannesburg. You will need to take the slip road to the left to remain on the R24 (N3) to Johannesburg. After joining the highway, keep following the signs to the N3 (N1) to Pretoria, then, when the road divides, stay on the N1 south to Roodepoort. You will pass the Rivonia Road off ramp to your left. The next off ramp is the William Nicol Drive off-ramp. Take this off ramp and at the intersection, turn right onto the R511 to Fourways. Follow this road through 3 intersections. After the third intersection take the off-ramp onto the R564 Witkoppen Road. Once on this road, immediately move into the right hand lane and turn right at the first intersection, onto Cedar Avenue. Continue along this road until the T- junction. Here you need to turn left and then immediately right (there is a large Sun City Sign). Follow this road to another T- junction (sign: R512 Brits, Lanseria right, Randburg left). Turn right, follow this road until the T- junction at a fruit stall (sign: R 512 Pretoria right, Sun City left). Turn left and follow this road for ± 10km, until a turning to the right (sign: Brits, Sun City right). Turn right and go over the Hartebeespoort Dam Bridge. At the next T- junction, (sign: R560 Magaliesburg left, Brits, Sun City right), turn right. Follow this road to the 4 way crossing. Turn left here. (Sign: N4 Rustenburg, R512 Brits left, Hartebeespoort Dam right). After ±15km until you reach a small village. In the village is a right turn to the Pilanesberg (sign: Rustenburg straight, Pilanesburg right). Take this road, which will lead you to Sun City (± 73 km to Sun City). You go straight through all the intersections and through the villages of Berseba, Lesung, Tsitsing and Maile. Please watch out for goats, donkeys and cattle on the road. There is a sign showing to the village of Madikwe to the right in Berseba, please ignore this. Sun City will be on the right and straight after is Sun Village, a good place to stop for petrol. After passing Sun Village there is a 2 way stop, (sign: Rustenburg left, Derdepoort right, there is also a sign for Makanyane Safari Lodge at this junction). Turn right towards Derdepoort. Follow this road for ±8 km until the Bapong sign (sign: Bapong left, Derdepoort straight, there is also another sign showing the direction to Makanyane Safari Lodge). Turn left towards Bapong. You keep straight on this road until the end of the tar road. (There is a sign showing left to Madikwe Hospital and Bapong, please ignore this and keep straight to Batlhalengwe and on to Mabeskraal. Should you need it, there is a petrol station in Mabeskraal, but its open hours are very flexible! After leaving the town of Mabeskraal, you will reach a 4-Way stop, turn right towards Derdepoort. Follow this road until the tar ends, just before the Dwarsberg Café. You will pass the Dwarsberg café on your left (there is another sign for Makanyane here). Keep going until you come to a turn off to the right with a sign showing to Madikwe River Lodge, there is another Makanyane Safari Lodge sign here. Turn right and follow this road for ± 28 km, until you reach the Makanyane gate on the left hand side of the road. There is a large “Makanyane” sign and a vehicle will be waiting to welcome you. TIME = ± 3˝ HOURS. ± 60KM OF GRAVEL ROAD. PLEASE ADVISE US OF YOUR ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL WHILE EN-ROUTE OR BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TAR ROAD ROUTE): After exiting the Johannesburg International Airport, take the R24, R21 to Johannesburg and Pretoria. Stay on the R24 (N3) to Johannesburg (the R21 splits off to the left). This road joins another road, but remains the R24 (N3) to Johannesburg. The road then crosses over a highway and circles around to join the highway, but still remains the R24 (N3) to Johannesburg. Once joining this highway, move into the centre lane. ± 11 km after leaving the airport, the road splits, stay in the centre lane, turning left, taking the N3 N12 to Johannesburg and Pretoria. Almost immediately the road splits again. Take the right hand road, to the N3 (N1) to Pretoria, R24 to Johannesburg. Once on this road you will need to cross to the far left hand lane and take the feeder ramp down onto the N3 (N1) to Pretoria. Once on this road, you will pass the Marlboro off ramp (± 21km after leaving the airport). 5km later (± 26km after leaving the airport) the N1 North to Pretoria feeds off. Stay on the N1 South to Roodepoort. 7km later (33km after leaving the airport) take the William Nicol Drive off-ramp. At the intersection, turn right onto the R511 to Four ways. Follow this road for another 3km (through 3 intersections). After the third intersection get into the left hand lane and take the off-ramp onto the R564 Witkoppen Road. Immediately move into the right hand lane, as you will need to turn right at the first intersection, ±700m after joining the Witkoppen road. At the intersection, turn right onto Cedar Avenue. Continue along this road for ± 8km until a T- junction. Here you will see a sign showing to a Lion Park to your left. Turn left, immediately after is a turning to the right with a large Sun City Sign (50m), turn right here. Follow this road for ± 3km over the Pretoria highway and to another T- junction (sign: R512 Brits, Lanseria right, Randburg left). Turn right, follow this road for ± 19km, passing the Lanseria turnoff on the right until the T- junction at a fruit stall (sign: R 512 Pretoria right, Sun City left). Turn left towards Sun City. Follow this road (the R560) all the way to Magaliesburg. You will pass a sign on the left, (sign: Brits, Sun City right) after ±10km and then go past Skeerpoort and Hekpoort before coming into Magaliesburg. Once in Magaliesburg take the R509 to Derby. Follow the road through Derby to Koster. In Koster itself is a signposted right turning towards Swartruggens. Turn right and follow the road to the T- junction just before Swartruggens. Turn left onto the N4 and head through Swartruggens. Stay on the N4 past Groot Marico to Zeerust. On the Zeerust main road (still the N4), in the centre of the town, on the left hand side, is a sign to Gaberone and Madikwe Game Reserve, showing to turn right. Follow this road out of the town towards Gaberone. The Reserve is ± 85 km along this road. You will pass the village of Nietverdient and ± 25 km later you will see a sign on the right for the Abjarterskop Gate of the Madikwe Game Reserve. Pass this gate and follow the road past the town of Supingstad to the Derdepoort turning to the right. (Sign: Derdepoort right). Turn right and follow this dirt road past the Tau Game Lodge Gate and the Derdepoort Gate to the Reserve. ± 5 km after the Derdepoort gate is another gate on the right, this is the Makanayane Safari Lodge gate. There is a large beige Makanyane sign next to the gate. A vehicle will be waiting to lead you down to the lodge. TIME = ± 4˝ HOURS. ± 40KM OF GRAVEL ROAD. PLEASE ADVISE US OF YOUR ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL WHILE EN-ROUTE OR BEFORE DEPARTURE          Click to enlarge    DISTANCES TO SURROUNDING TOWNS • Gaborone (Botswana) ± 60 km • Johannesburg ± 350 km • Pretoria ± 380 km • Rustenburg ± 250 km • Lichtenburg ± 250 km • Nelspruit ± 900 km • Zeerust ± 140 km • Sun City ± 100 km • Thabazimbi ± 120 km    CANCELLATION POLICY Please note that SA Travel Desk has strict cancellation policies that will apply to the above establishment for bookings made via SA Travel Desk which will override those of the establishment in question. This may result in deposits paid (or a percentage thereof) / full payments made to be forfeited based upon the number of days prior to arrival date on when cancellation notice was received. All cancellations to be in writing by fax or e-mail. Click HERE to book now with Makanyane Safari Lodge Reserve!