Highly regarded in the Limpopo area, Mabula Game Lodge offers a wildlife experience to discerning visitors to the Waterberg region. Mabula Private Game Reserve, is situated in the malaria-free Waterberg region of the Limpopo Province, and is just two and a half hours away from Johannesburg, offering an extraordinary experience with South Africa’s bushveld.

Enjoy the sheer diversity of the animal, bird, and plant life. The varied landscapes, from grassland plains to rocky outcrops, provide a perfect habitat for the Big 5, which are free to roam, as well as for all the other small creatures that make for a magical wildlife experience you won’t soon forget.

Suites

Mabula Game Lodge offers luxuriously appointed thatch-roofed accommodations with a distinctively African aesthetic. The interiors at Mabula Game Lodge are decorated in gentle, neutral tones reminiscent of the African bushveld, and the rooms feature large windows that let in the sounds and sights of Africa..

Relax on your patio, escape the African heat in your cosy lounge, or listen to the constant chirping of happy birds as you observe the warthogs munching their way through the gardens. Before boarding your morning safari, take a little plunge to wake up your tired muscles in the shower.

Dining

Enjoy a fantastic vegetarian dish or an Impala casserole. A large variety of mouthwatering delicacies are served up at Mabula Game Lodge to please your vegetarian or carnivorous palette. 

You’ll stay at the buffet much longer thanks to an incredible spread of salads, bread, roasts, fish, and cold meats, not to mention typical South African desserts. Mabula Game Lodge guarantees that you’ll never go hungry!

Enjoy a light lunch on the patio while listening to the call of Grey Loeries, then retire to the lodge’s main restaurant or enjoy a delicious dinner in the traditional Boma dining area while listening to the rhythmic beat of traditional African dancers. 

There is nothing more romantic than enjoying a traditional South African meal with wonderful company at one of Mabula’s renowned bush dinners on special occasions; the flickering lights, the sounds of the African wilderness, and the traditional South African cuisine create an unforgettable dining experience.

Safari

The varied habitats on Mabula Private Game Reserve provide ideal conditions for an astounding selection of large mammals including the Big Five, other predators such as Hyena and Jackal, and a variety of antelope from Red Hartebeest to Eland, Gemsbok to Blesbok. 

Let’s not forget the elusive cheetah, cheeky honey badger and the omnipresent crèches of warthogs that flit across one’s path during your safari at Mabula Game Lodge.

Safaris are offered to lodge guests twice a day – once early morning and again in time for sundowners in the late afternoon, and depending on the time of year you visit, each experience can be unique. 

Watch the vivid change of the seasons as the green thickets and grasslands give way to the bushveld greys and yellows of autumn. Feel the chilly winter air on your cheeks before sunrise and witness the rebirth of the bush as the first summer rains fall and with it the exciting arrival of lambing season.

For panoramic views of the beautiful Mabula Private Game Reserve, there’s nothing more special than heading up Dicks Hill.

See Impala, Zebra, Giraffe, Eland, and Ostrich all graze together on the vast open grassland plains; the herd of elephant crashing through thick bush to get to the succulent leaves and a shy hippo pair hiding everything but their protruding nostrils under the water.

Admire the resident lion pride lazing under an African thorn tree after a tiring hunt or watch silently as the beautiful, yet terrifying, Golden Orb spider spins her thick web across two Silver Cluster Leaf trees.

A Mabula safari will reveal new scents, curious sounds and the beauty of an authentic African landscape to delight your senses.