PHI | Bateleur Lodge

MABULA GAME RESERVE, LIMPOPO

Bush Sanctuary...

Just two hours from Johannesburg and one-and-half from Pretoria, Mabula Game Reserve is a 12,000 hectare ‘Big-5’ bush sanctuary offering some of the best game viewing and birding experiences in Limpopo. Ideal for regular family getaways and entertaining, Bateleur Lodge offers unparalleled accommodation on the Reserve with views over an African plain and onto the Waterberg Mountains.

Home to some 60 mammals, 300 bird species, 100 plant types and numerous reptile and insect species, at Mabula Game Reserve, all natures’ wonders are revered - from the ‘Big Five’ (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhino) to the ‘small five’ (ant lion, leopard tortoise, buffalo weaver, elephant shrew and rhino beetle). This is the Heartland of the South African Safari experience.

BATELEUR LODGE

MABULA GAME RESERVE, LIMPOPO

All of Mabula Game Reserve’s activities have a common goal - to awaken the senses and quicken the pulse by presenting the African bush in ways you would never have imagined. Highly qualified game rangers with years of experience and knowledge expertly handle all activities. For the wild-at-heart seeker of true bush adventure, nothing could compare with the excitement and thrill of big game viewing on horseback - a deliciously unique close encounter of the wildest kind.Morning and evening game drives are daily highlights, surpassed in pleasure only by the feeling of camaraderie in sipping sundowners as you watch a truly spectacular African sunset from the luxury of one of Mabula’s four-wheel drive vehicles.

If keeping your feet on the ground is a particularly satisfying sensation, Mabula Game Reserve’s informative bush walks guided by a highly professional and experienced game ranger, will impress you beyond expectation. Ideal for regular family getaways and entertaining, Bateleur Lodge offers unparalleled accommodation on the Reserve with views over an African plain and onto the Waterberg Mountains.

There is an opportunity to own a share in Baleleur Lodge entitling you to 4 full weeks per annum (spread throughout the course of the year). The property is managed by a managing agent and a committee with audited accounts. The lodge is within the Mabula Game Reserve hotel grounds, but isolated from the hotel itself, which means that you enjoy the best of both worlds.

Specs

• Luxury double-storey accommodation

• 4 air-conditioned en-suite bedrooms (sleeps 8 people)

• Newly refurbished kitchen with gas hob

• Indoor dining area and two lounges

• Uninterrupted power supply (24hrs)

• A large feature upstairs patio under roof with gas braai, dining and lounge area

• Infinity swimming pool, boma and outdoor braai area

• Chair-lift

• Self-drive game vehicle. 2017 Toyota Hi Lux for shareholders to visit the Reserve at their convenience (after passing the Reserve’s Whole Owner Ranger test)

• Walking access to the Reserve Hotel offering a restaurant, pub, health spa, hide, gym and heated pool

• Guided horse-back safaris available on the Reserve Just ten minutes from a neighbouring 18-hole rated golf course

• All linen, etc. supplied (only have to bring own food and drink)

• Serviced daily

• Levy: R3,750 pm

• Short-term rentals are not allowed in the reserve