Jaci's Private Lodge

Jaci’s Private Lodge has an ideal setting overlooking a well-used water hole under a grove of tamboetie trees on the edge of the Marico River in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve. The 76,000 hectare reserve is close to the Botswana border, in a malaria free region of South Africa.

Accommodation & Facilities
Jaci’s Private Lodge has accommodation to suit couples and families with six one bedrooms suites, four family friendly ‘Expeditions’ suites, Kubu Villa and Nare Villa which each take six guests. The rooms and villas are all air-conditioned, and have en-suite bathrooms, mini bars, kettles, viewing decks and fans. The main lodge has a dining room, lounge, safari bar, curio shop, Jan’s Wine Room, private dining room, swimming pool, boma, the Finfoot treatment room, and Gym Boxes. The lodge also has viewing decks and two photographic hides. The villas have their own chefs and staff, private dining rooms, plunge pools, and safari vehicles.

Wildlife & Activities
Madikwe Game Reserve has fantastic fauna and flora and is home to 27 species of animals and over 340 species of birds. Lion, leopard, elephant, black and white rhino, buffalo, cheetah, wild dog, brown hyena, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest can often be seen. Wildlife drives and walking safaris in the early morning and evening are the highlight of a stay at Jaci’s Private Lodge. During the middle of the day guests can use the sunken Terrapin Hide for photography, relax by the pool, or on the Thutlwa Deck watching wildlife and birds. A separate shorter ‘bumble’ drive goes out later in the morning for very small children which their parents can join if they wish. Guests can take part in conservation safaris with prior arrangement, including collecting data, lion monitoring, wildlife relocation, rhino notching and microchipping, and elephant collaring, for all of which there is an additional fee.