About 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 11 500 Hectare reserve situated adjacent to the Greater Kruger National Park
Thornybush Main Lodge Features
- Glass fronted suites with views of the waterhole
- Indoor & outdoor showers
- Air-conditioning
- Spacious viewing decks
- Pool
- Spa
- Library
- Boma
- Fully equipped conference facilities for 40 delegates
- Unique incentive options including the "Thornybush Challenge"
- Curio shop
About Thornybush Game Reserve
Adjacent to the Greater Kruger National Park lies 11 500 hectares of pristine African bushveld, this 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 accommodation caters for most guests 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 land rovers 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 to Thornybush Main Lodge
Lodge Telephone Number: 015 793 1976
From the South on the R 40
On the R40 from Bushbuckridge
- Continue through Acornhoek towards Klaserie
- Continue for about 7 km
- Turn right towards Hoedspruit just before Klaserie which remains the R40
- Continue for 24 km towards Hoedspruit
- 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
- 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 Thornybush 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 60 km past Middleburg take the R540 to your left
- Travel though the towns of Belfast and Dullstroom to Lydenburg
- Take the R36 (which becomes to R527) towards Hoedspruit, passing through Origstad and descending down the Able Erasmus Pass
- At Hoedspruit take the R40 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 Thornybush Game Lodge
- Take the N4 in the direction Nelspruit
- Approximately 60 km past Middleburg take the R540 to your left
- Travel though the towns of Belfast and Dullstroom to Lydenburg
- Take the R36 (which becomes to R527) towards Hoedspruit, passing through Origstad and descending down the Able Erasmus Pass
- At Hoedspruit take the R40 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 Thornybush Game Lodge
- From Jeppe’s Reef border post, follow the R570 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 R40 in the direction White River
- Continue through White River, Hazyview and Bushbuckridge and Acornhoek
- Continue through Acornhoek towards Klaserie
- Continue for about 7 km
- Turn right towards Hoedspruit just before Klaserie which remains the R40
- Continue for 24 km towards Hoedspruit
- 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
Limpopo Province 
