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Adjacent to the Greater Kruger National Park lies 11 500 hectares of pristine African bushveld, which is the 'Thornybush Game Reserve'. With an abundance of bird and mammal species including the 'Big 5', it is also home to five exclusive lodges.
Diverse accomodation caters for most guest's needs from rustic understated comfort to luxury of the finest order. All lodges have sparkling swimming pools and offer exciting dawn and dusk safaris from open landrovers with fully qualified rangers and trackers, and bush walks for the more adventurous.
An African safari can be a life-changing experience. We hope Thornybush is that for you.

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Chapungu Luxury Tented Camp
Chapungu Luxury Tented Camp is tastefully furnished in old-world colonial splendor and offers safari enthusiasts an atmosphere reminiscent of the style and class of that bygone era complete with great cuisine and old fashioned service. Chapungu Luxury Tented Camp offers unique exclusive Safari experiences in both open Land Rovers, and on foot. The private reserve is home to an abundance of species: 147 mammals including the "Big Five", 114 reptiles, 507 birds, 49 fish, 34 amphibians and 336 trees. The reserve is predominantly open savannah and with a near perfect year round climate, it is the ideal African safari holiday destination.
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Jackalberry Lodge
Jackalberry Lodge is in the Thornybush 11500 Ha Game Reserve situated adjacent to the Greater Kruger National Park. The intimate camp offers magnificent views of the Drakensberg Mountains, understated luxury and a restful, ethnic ambience that blends with nature. The lodge is named after the Jackalberry tree which is just one of the trees that allows the bushvelt to support such a wide variety of insects and animals. The bush around the lodge teems with game. More than sixty species of wildlife can be found in the immediate vicinity including lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, elephant, hyena and cheetah. There are 280 species of birds.
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Nkelenga Tented Camp
Shrouded in the shade of the mighty acacia, Nkelenga Tented Camp nestles into the lush savannah of the Limpopo Province, bringing guest closer to the evocative African wild.
Situated in the heart of the Thornybush Game Reserve, visitors are treated to a location that features some of the areas most awe-inspiring vistas. Boasting a bouquet of flora and fauna, Nkelenga Tented Camp provides the visitor with rustic, humbling experience.
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Serondella Game Lodge
This comfortable and intimate Lodge on the banks of a tributary to the dry Monwana River accommodates eight guests in varied accommodation choices. There are three luxury Suites, each with excellent vistas from both bedroom and bathroom large windows to the watering hole.
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Shumbalala Game Lodge
This exclusive game lodge comprises four luxury suites and a two bedroomed Presidential unit with private viewing decks and accommodates a small number of guests at a time, for ultimate tranquillity. Daily morning and evening Big 5 safari game drives and walking safaris are undertaken by qualified rangers and experienced trackers, offering guests close range game viewing opportunities.
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Thornybush Main Lodge
Luxury suites line the banks of the seasonal Monwana River: all suites have spectacular views of the active waterhole. Spaciously appointed, each glass fronted suite has mini bar fridge, telephone, in and outdoor showers, air conditioners and generous decks.
Thornybush Game Reserve is a 11500 Hectare reserve situated adjacent to the Greater Kruger National Park
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