Kapama River Lodge

Overview

Kapama River Lodge is Kruger National Park’s largest private game lodge – a charming holiday destination, which creates an air of excitement and activity with its huge accommodation and range of adventure options. Named after the curve of the Kapama River in which it makes its home, Kapama River Lodge is also a highly attractive, serene lodge – with its nearby water sources attractingamblingvisits from the area’s elephant and buffalo populations, rich specialty dishes, and expansive views stretching the length and breadth of the Kapama Game Reserve and beyond, Kapama River Lodge is an unforgettable experience not to be missed!

South Africa’s wild Limpopo Province is home to the fantastic Kapama Private Game Reserve – 13 000 hectares of wilderness, authentic and rugged, with the mammoth Drakensburg mountain range to the north and the world famous Kruger National Park to the south, this is also a place of luxury. Relaxing five-star accommodation, professionally guided trips out into the bush aboard open 4 x 4s, and impossibly large populations of birds, impala and blue wildebeest combine with the relief of warm afternoon rains to create an atmosphere not easily recreated anywhere else.

Accommodation

The twelve luxurious thatched suites are screened by verdant trees and reed walls, offering guests seclusion and privacy. The gracious suites have a private ‘Sala’ (outdoor lounge) overlooking the river, offering stunning views of the pristine bushveld and sightings of the Big Five from the comfort and privacy of the suite.

Guests refresh themselves in Victorian ball-and-claw baths and outdoor showers and retire to beds enveloped by a walk-in canopy of mosquito netting. Private terraces with plunge pools provide the perfect spot for sundowners before ambling along the wooden walkways to the main lodge.

Wildlife

Guests frequently sight the Big Five during their stay, along with cheetah, hippo, wild dog and a large variety of antelope. Evening game drives reveal the more rarely seen nocturnal creatures, such as porcupine, aardwolf, genet, serval, white tailed mongoose, civet and brown hyena. Rock dassies, baboon and klipspringer occur frequently in the rocky landscape of the southern Kruger, while giraffe graze on the tall trees and herds of wildebeest and zebra occur in the open plains.

Birdlife is prolific with over 350 species recorded. Raptor sightings include Martial, Tawny and Fish Eagles as well as Steppe Buzzards. Southern Ground Hornbills have nesting sites close to the lodge, and iridescently plumaged birds, such as the Lilac-breasted roller, Southern Carmine Bee-eaters, and Malachite kingfishers are often sighted.

Frogging safaris provide opportunities for sighting, or hearing, the 34 species of frogs located in the area.

More Info

Children:
Children of all ages are welcome at Jock Safari Lodge .Rooms accommodating children sharing with parents contains one sleeper couch per room or on request cots are available .
Children under the age of 16 years are not permitted on any walking safaris.
Child minding services are available upon request and can be arranged at an additional cost .

Gates
The Kruger National park prohibits the use of roads within the park once the gates are closed. Guests, therefore, need to be at their destination by the time the gates close.

Directions

Self-dive instructions:

From Johannesburg

Take N12 National Road to the Witbank which further become N4 National Road. Follow this route through Malelane and Nelspruit. From approx. 2 kilometres outskirts of Malelane, take a turn to enter the Kruger National Park, situated at the Malelane Gate where an entrance fee is billed.
Please carry your confirmation voucher along, once you entered in the Malelane gate, then drive straight to the H3 road for next 37 km and then take left at the Jock Safari Lodge Sign. After this take the 3km long dirt road to reach the Kapama River Lodge. This distance from Johannesburg is +/-458 km.

Important Note:The Camp is situated half of the way between Malelane Gate and Skukuza which is approximately 35 Kms from both directions along with 3km long dirt road. Besides, due to rules and regulations of Kruger National park, no one is allowed to enter in the National Park during the closing hours of gates. Guests are instructed to be at their destination, either in camp or lodge during this time.

GPS Co-ordinates:
S 25’ 13.059’ | E 031’ 33.850’