Overview & Rates

Location	Thornybush Game Reserve
Malaria area	Yes
Big 5 game reserve	Yes
Getting there	6.5 hour drive by road Daily scheduled flights to Hoedspruit airport and 25 minute road transfer to Thornybush Main Lodge, thereafter a 20min drive through the reserve to Serondella
Total number of rooms	3 suites, 1 three bedroomed family suite (eight guests in total)
Type of accommodation	Luxury suites
Children under 12 years accepted?	Yes

Validity	Special rate for advance booking
17 January - 31 January 2012	R 1,828.00
01 February - 20 December 2012	R 1,983.00
NORMAL SELLING RATE - R 2,865.00 RECEIVE A 45% DISCOUNT
** SPECIAL OFFERS **
Min / max stay 3 nights! Valid 01 January - 15 December 2012 -  R 1,643.00
** Surcharges may apply over holiday periods & long weekends

• Luxury accommodation
• Dawn & dusk safaris in open Land Rovers & Bushveld walks
• All meals
• Tea & Coffee & snacks

• There will be a supplement of 50% on the per person sharing rate for single accommodation. Notes

• Children under 2 years are accommodated on a complimentary basis
• For 2010 - children 2 - 11 years when sharing with their parents will pay less 50%
• For 2011 – children 2 – 5 years will pay R 470.00 & 6 – 11 years will pay R 941.00
• Please note children under the age of 6 years will not be permitted on game drives
• Children between the ages of 6 & 12 years are permitted on drives at the discretion of the game ranger

• Minimum 2 nights stay
• Prices exclude the conservation fee of R 60.00 per person per booking as well as the TOMSA levy of R 5.70 per person per night (these amounts must be pre-paid)

About The Lodge & The Reserve

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.

As an alternative for families, is a family suite, completely self contained with three suites, two downstairs and one suite upstairs, a reception room with open fireplace between the two downstairs bedrooms. Guests can choose which accommodation choice best suits their requirements, but to a maximum of eight guests.

An exclusive Boma, Bar area close to the Lodges swimming pool makes for an ideal venue for rest and refreshment. The Lodge is perfectly located and set amongst a wide variety of tress providing shade and an abundance of birdlife.
With the added option of a three-bed roomed family suite and elevated viewing hides, Serondella Lodge is an ideal safari destination for families and photographers alike.

The fact that Serondella can accommodate a maximum of eight means that guests will have the hosts undivided attention for the duration of their stay. Surprise bush and boma dinners as well as intimate sunset dinners for two on the viewing hides are the very least the astute guest can expect from Serondella Lodge.

Serondella means the place of the elephant and they are habitual patrons to the lodge's two flanking waterholes, allowing excellent opportunities for spectacular photographs and videos from the comfort of the lodge's lounge or suites.

Serondella Game Lodge 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.

• Air conditioning
• Overheard ceiling fan in the lounge of the family unit
• Family unit has a lounge
• Safe
• Hair dryers
• Umbrellas
• Bathroom amenities - separate bath & shower

• Curio shop
• Main lounge
• Swimming pool
• Small library
• Boma
• Elevated views
• Game drives

• Panorama Tour
• Cheetah breeding project
• Balloon safari

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.

Directions

Serondella Game Lodge - Directions


From the South on the R 40 to Serondella Game Lodge

• Continue through Acornhoek towards Klaserie.
• 24 km after Klaserie turn off - turn right at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road.
• Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
• Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate.
• From the North on the R 40 to Serondella Game Lodge
• At Hoedspruit take the R 40 south towards Bushbuckridge.
• Continue 6 km and turn left at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road.
• Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
• Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate.

From Johannesburg to Serondella Game Lodge

• The N12 to Witbank, where the N12 highway links up with the N4 highway.
• Continue with the N4 in the direction Nelspruit.
• Approximately 30 km past Middleburg take the R 540 to your left.
• Travel though on the town of Belfast and Dullstroom to Lydenburg.
• Take the R 36 (which becomes to R 527) towards Hoedspruit, passing through Origstad and descending down the Able Erasmus Pass.
• At Hoedspruit take the R 40 south towards Bushbuckridge.
• Continue 6 km and turn left at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road.
• Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
• Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate.

From Pretoria to Serondella Game Lodge

• Take the N4 in the direction Nelspruit.
• Approximately 30 km past Middleburg take the R 540 to your left.
• Travel though on the town of Belfast and Dullstroom to Lydenburg.
• Take the R 36 (which becomes to R 527) towards Hoedspruit, passing through Origstad and descending down the Able Erasmus Pass.
• At Hoedspruit take the R 40 south towards Bushbuckridge.
• Continue 6 km and turn left at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road.
• Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
• Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate.

From Swaziland to Serondella Game Lodge

• From Jeppe's Reef border post, follow the R 570.00 north in the direction Malelane.
• Take the N4 highway in the direction of Nelspruit for 64 km.
• On arrival in Nelspruit turn right on the R 40 in the direction White River.
• Continue Through White River, Hazyview and Bushbuckridge to Klaserie.
• 24 km after Klaserie turn off - turn right at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road.
• Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
• Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate.