Madikwe Game Reserve Safari Lodges

Highlights of the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa:

• A malaria free safari destination

• Easily accessible, 4 hour drive from JHB

• Has Big Five of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino & buffalo

• Well known for its wild dog sightings

• Wide variety of antelope and birds

• Some excellent family safari lodge options

Madikwe Safari Price Guide

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Madikwe Safari Lodges

View the various safari lodges within Madikwe:

Comfortable

Mosethla Bush Camp | Madikwe Bush House | Buffalo Ridge Lodge | Thakadu River Camp

Luxury

Etali Safari Lodge | Jaci's Safari Lodge | Jaci's Tree Lodge | Madikwe Safari Lodge | Makanyane Safari Lodge | Rhulani Safari Lodge | Tau Game Lodge | Tuningi Safari Lodge

Premier

Madikwe Hills Safari Lodge | Morukuru Lodge | Madikwe River Lodge | Mateya Safari Lodge | Royal Madikwe Lodge

How to get there

Self drive:
SUNSAFARIS will arrange the car rental and directions for you. The roads leading up to Madikwe are tarred.

Road transfer:
Sun Safaris can arrange all private road transfers for our guests.

Light aircraft transfer:

We can arrange light aircraft transfers from Johannesburg.

Madikwe Game Viewing and Seasons

Introduction

This reserve created in 1991, sits right on the South Africa-Botswana border in a malaria-free area. In the largest movement of animals since Noah filled his arc, the 30,352 acre (75,000 ha) reserve was stocked with 10,000 head of game from 27 different species. The park's very existence contributes to the preservation of local fauna and flora and rare animals such as rhino and wild dog, and also provides a more sustainable environment for the local people.

Game Viewing

Not only does this reserve boast the 'Big Five' but it also has the 'Super 7'! This adds cheetah and wild dog to the traditional five; leopard, lion, buffalo, elephant and rhino. Plus brown hyena, sable, eland, gemsbok, giraffe and large herds of plains game and plenty of birds. Wild dogs are a speciality of the area and due to their rarity and fascinating behaviour, are a wonderful sight. They are also known as Cape hunting dogs or painted dogs because of their tricoloured (black, white and tan) abstract coat. Wild Dogs are Africa's most formidable hunters (followed by hyena and lion), and the essence of their successful social system is co-operative hunting and food sharing. Not only do they regurgitate food for the young but the babysitter gets fed too. They travel great distances while hunting and as a result often traverse farmland where they were almost shot to extinction. Luckily they are thriving in Madikwe.

Seasons

Rainy Season: It rains from October to April with the highest rainfall expected between November and February. Daytime temperatures are hot and humid with an average of 88F (31C).

Dry Season: The winter months of May to September are dry and cold with evening temperatures as low as 35.5F (2C) and only 72F (22C) in the daytime.