# Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge

Madikwe, South Africa · Selected: clears the published selection standard.

- Page: https://mindreachgetaways.com/za/madikwe/wellness-retreat/madikwe-hills
- Book direct: https://www.madikwehills.com/
- Map pin: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-24.7247286,26.3472521

## Our read

Madikwe Hills looks like any glass suite in a brochure until you read the age line. Ten plunge-pool suites on a hillside take children only above 10. Little Madikwe, the two-bedroom villa with its own vehicle and chef, takes children of any age. The reserve is malaria-free and runs to Botswana, about 75,000 hectares as the lodge prints it. Come for that split. Skip it if you needed Kruger, or if a young child was meant to sleep in the main lodge.

## Come here for

- Ten hillside suites with plunge pools, if everyone is over 10
- Little Madikwe, when the family includes a younger child and you want your own vehicle
- A malaria-free reserve on the Botswana border, about 75,000 hectares

## Skip it if

- A child under 10 is meant to stay in the main lodge. The page sends them to the villa.
- You wanted Kruger or Sabi Sand. Madikwe is a different reserve.

## The place

Madikwe Hills counts 10 glass-fronted suites with private decks and plunge pools, scattered on a hillside under tamboti trees and linked by wooden walkways to a thatched centre. That centre has a lounge, a bar, a wine cellar, a television room, a dining room, and a deck pool looking at a waterhole. The roof sits on leadwood trunks. A separate two-bedroom villa, Little Madikwe, has its own game vehicle, guide, tracker, chef, and house attendant. Together the lodge says it can take up to 24 guests. Children above 10 are welcome in the main lodge. Children of all ages are welcome in the villa. The reserve is the other fact. The lodge calls Madikwe malaria-free and about 75,000 hectares, running to the Botswana border. This is not Kruger and not Sabi Sand. The general manager’s mobile is printed on the contact page. It stays off this guide. Book on the lodge site. The opening page does not print a nightly rate. Come if the child rule matches the family you are actually bringing. Skip it if everyone is under 10 and you wanted the main lodge, or if you wanted the eastern parks. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

## What it is like

- The ten: Glass-fronted suites with plunge pools, on a hillside, joined by wooden walkways.
- The villa: Little Madikwe: two bedrooms, own vehicle, guide, tracker, chef, and house attendant.
- The age: Over 10 in the main lodge. Any age in the villa.
- The reserve: Malaria-free, about 75,000 hectares, to the Botswana border, as the lodge prints it.
- The waterhole: The central deck and pool look onto a waterhole. Leadwood trunks hold the thatch.

## Ways to stay

- Main lodge or Little Madikwe · Price on their site · https://www.madikwehills.com/

## Getting there

Madikwe Game Reserve, North West, toward the Botswana border. The map pin is the lodge name on the public map. Book on the lodge site. The general manager’s mobile is not repeated here.

## Questions

**Can young children stay?**
In Little Madikwe, yes. In the main lodge, the page says above 10.

**How many suites?**
Ten, plus the two-bedroom villa. The lodge says up to 24 guests in all.

**Is Madikwe a malaria area?**
The lodge calls the reserve malaria-free.

**Is this Kruger?**
No. It is Madikwe, on the Botswana border.

**Where do I book?**
On the lodge site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

## How far to trust this

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.
MindReach Getaways does not take the booking. You book with the property.