Overview & Rates

Validity	If booked within 60 days of travel
17 January - 31 December 2012	R 1,950.00
NORMAL SELLING RATE - R 4,000.00 RECEIVE A DISCOUNT OF 51%
** SPECIAL OFFERS **
Totally flexible Walking Safaris are now available! No additional cost
** Surcharges will apply over holiday periods & long weekends

• Exclusive use of Lodge for minimum of 5 guests
• Three delicious meals daily
• House wines, local brand spirits, beers and soft drinks
• Two game drives in open safari 4x4 vehicles per stay
• Mountain biking
• Guided bush walks
• Sundowner drinks on game drives
• Teas, coffees and cakes
• Laundry
• Babysitting

• Children under 2 years will pay R 490.00 per night
• Children 2 - 11 years will pay R 980.00 per night

• Minimum stay two nights

About The Lodge & The Reserve

Jembisa is a bush home situated in its own private game reserve, the Palala River Reserve, named after the river that runs through it. It is located in an area in the Limpopo Province in South Africa known as the Waterberg.

Built originally as a family home, and still owned by the family, Jembisa has a wonderful atmosphere of relaxation and comfort. Staying here one does truly feel 'at home in the bush'. The lodge is built from local stone and thatch in harmony with its surroundings. It is a beautifully designed lodge with large, spacious rooms decorated with natural materials in an Afro-colonial style.
Having been a family home Jembisa also benefits from some extras not usually found at safari lodges. For example a library, reading room, games room and tennis court.

Jembisa is for those looking for an exceptional, personal African Safari. Only one booking is taken at a time to provide you with an exclusive holiday and ensure that your stay is tailor made to your requirements.

It is perfect for family safaris or small groups of friends looking to experience true African hospitality and wildlife in a private, luxury safari lodge set within a private game reserve. All accommodation at Jembisa is extremely comfortable and care has been taken to ensure that everything is available to meet your needs. There are five luxury en-suite bedrooms, three with private balconies plus a children's bunkroom.

Arrangements are flexible to suit each parties needs. Bunk beds and cots for children are available. All bathrooms have both a shower and a bath.

Your chef will prepare delicious meals for you. Local, fresh ingredients are used when in season including those from the lodges own large, organic kitchen garden.
Meals are varied affairs and may include picnics in the bush, dinner under the stars, lunch on the terrace, and al fresco breakfasts and brunches.

A wide range of beverages are available and wines are quality South African estate wines.
Activities at the lodge include swimming or relaxing by the natural saltwater pool, tennis on the floodlit court or a massage either in the privacy of your room or on the secluded deck where all you will hear is the birdsong and the river below. Only local organic oils including avocado oil and rose geranium oil are used.

Game Drives are in open 4x4 Land Rovers with highly trained and experienced rangers. Night drives provide the opportunity of seeing the nocturnal animals such as leopard, brown hyena, aardvark, civet cats and porcupines. Bush walks are always fascinating and one can experience the thrill of walking with Rhino. Other activities include camp outs under the stars overnight and exploring late iron age sites and bushman paintings on the reserve. There is also a wide selection of activities in the surrounding areas that are available.

Children of all ages are extremely welcome at Jembisa. Having been a family home Jembisa is ideally suited to families with children. In particular having all bedrooms within the lodge provides parents with peace of mind when staying within a game reserve. Another important advantage to adults and children alike is that Jembisa is in a malaria free area. Jembisa aims to provide a family safari holiday where all ages are catered for including providing adults with some time for themselves.

There is much for children to do and activities can be tailor-made to suit them. These can include guided bush walks, instruction on tracking and bush lore, bug walks, slide shows and bush games. There are also children's books, games and wildlife videos available and a free babysitting service. Children's separate mealtimes can be arranged if you choose.

• Exclusive use of luxury bush house
• En-suite bathrooms
• Child friendly, offering tailor-made children's activities
• Library
• Kiddies trampoline
• Main Swimming Pool
• Floodlit Tennis Court
• Aromatherapy massages
• Informative Bush Walks for adults and children alike
• Sleep outs under the stars

The Waterberg offers a mosaic of exceptional scenic landscape, a fascinating cultural heritage, an abundance of wildlife species and many nature-based tourism opportunities. Vaalwater is the central village of the Waterberg area, the heart of the Bushveld region. The Waterberg has been described as South Africa´s best keep secret. Its rugged beauty, together with its diversity in plant and animal life, has led to the development of several exciting eco-tourism projects such as the biosphere reserve, the Waterberg Nature Conservancy - the amalgamation of conservation areas in order to protect more than 150 000 hectares of the Waterberg-habitat.

The Waterberg-range, incorporating many rivers, streams and swamps, stretches for 150 kilometres in a long arc from Thabazimbi in the West, Nylstroom in the centre to Potgietersrus in the east. Apart from the spectacular scenery of the mountains themselves, there are many game sanctuaries, nature reserves and farms. The 75 mammal species include big game such as elephant, lion, white and black rhino, hippo, leopard and buffalo. African python and the Nile crocodile are also resident, and it is a birdwatchers´ paradise with more than 300 bird species.

Directions

• Take R21 to Pretoria for about 20 minutes
• Take the N1 highway North towards Pietersburg / Polokwane.
• Turn off at the Kranskop toll gate (third toll gate) to Nylstroom/Modimolle.
• Go through Nylstroom/Modimolle to Vaalwater (± 60km).
• In Vaalwater turn right at the stop street towards Melkrivier (there is only one stop street in Vaalwater).
• Go ± 42 km and turn left onto a gravel road marked Melkrivier School/Lapalala.
• After 6km turn right (there is an old Cape Dutch farm house on the right hand side) and pass the Rhino Museum.
• If you are driving to Kingfisher Cottage, continue past the main entrance to Jembisa. After 1km the road bends to the left. At the bottom of the hill, the Kingfisher gate will be on your right. Kingfisher entrance is before the Palala River Bridge.
• If you are driving to the Podica chalets, continue past the main entrance to Jembisa. After 1km the road bends to the left, go over the Palala River Bridge and through the electric gate. Drive another 1km and keep to the right of the fork and follow the Podica signs.
• If you are driving to River Cottage, do not take the Lapalala turn, but stay on the Melkrivier Road from Vaalwater until you reach a T-Junction. Turn left at the T, and approximately 2 kilometres on the left hand side you will see a farm gate. This is just before you cross the Palala River. Someone will greet you at the gate.