# Monwana Game Lodge

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

- Page: https://mindreachgetaways.com/za/thornybush/wellness-retreat/monwana
- Book direct: https://www.more.co.za/monwana/
- Map pin: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-24.413889,31.158333

## Our read

Monwana is easy to misfile as another Greater Kruger lodge. The land is Thornybush: 14,000 hectares, unfenced to the park, six suites and one villa, solar power, and about 45 minutes from Hoedspruit. A family suite comes with its own vehicle, which is a different promise from a shared game drive. The villa looks onto a waterhole and is priced on the page from $14,900 a night for six people. Come if you want a small camp and that much land. Skip it if you wanted Sabi Sand's leopard roads, or a per-person suite rate you can compare without asking what the villa figure actually buys.

## Come here for

- Six suites and one villa on 14,000 hectares in Thornybush
- A family suite with its own safari vehicle
- The villa over a waterhole, if the whole house is the booking

## Skip it if

- You wanted Sabi Sand. This is Thornybush, unfenced to Kruger, 45 minutes from Hoedspruit.
- You read $14,900 as a per-person rate. The page prices the villa, not a room.

## The place

Monwana Game Lodge is on Guernsey Road in the Thornybush Nature Reserve. The company's January 2025 fact sheet describes a private 14,000 hectare reserve with an unfenced border to the Greater Kruger, and gives the pin as 24°24'50"S, 31°09'30"E. The lodge page counts six suites and one villa. A suite is for two, with a private pool and an outdoor shower. A family suite sleeps four, two adults and two children, with its own safari vehicle. The villa sleeps six, has three pools, a fire deck, a chef, and a view of an active waterhole. The page prints the villa from $14,900 a night for the whole house, and 5,597 square feet. The lodge page also says the camp is solar-powered and about 45 minutes from Hoedspruit Airport. The only telephone printed beside the general manager is a mobile, so this guide does not publish it. Book on the lodge page. Six suites on 14,000 hectares is a different density from a camp on a busy Sabi Sand traverse. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

## What it is like

- The land: 14,000 hectares in Thornybush, unfenced to Greater Kruger.
- The count: Six suites and one villa.
- The vehicle: A family suite includes a private safari vehicle.
- The villa: Six guests, three pools, a chef, a waterhole. From $14,900 a night on the page.
- The power: The lodge page says the camp is solar-powered.

## Ways to stay

- Suite or villa · Price on their site · https://www.more.co.za/monwana/

## Getting there

Guernsey Road, Thornybush Nature Reserve. About 45 minutes from Hoedspruit Airport, as the lodge page says. Pin 24°24'50"S, 31°09'30"E on the January 2025 fact sheet. Book on the lodge site. The mobile beside the general manager is not printed here.

## Questions

**Where is it?**
Thornybush Nature Reserve, on Guernsey Road, about 45 minutes from Hoedspruit.

**Is it inside Kruger?**
It is in Thornybush, which the fact sheet says shares an unfenced border with Greater Kruger.

**How many suites?**
Six, plus one villa. Family suites sleep four and include a vehicle.

**What is the villa rate?**
The page prints from $14,900 a night for the whole villa, not per person.

**Where do I book?**
On the Monwana page. 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.