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Madikwe, South Africa

Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge

Ten hillside suites with plunge pools, plus Little Madikwe, a two-bedroom villa. Children under 10 stay in the villa, not the main lodge.

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The place

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.

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.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

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.

03 · Live here

How the days go

  1. Arrive

    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.

  2. Live here

    Ten hillside suites with plunge pools, if everyone is over 10

  3. Go

    Book on the hotel site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

Main lodge or Little Madikwe

The age of the youngest guest decides which one you can book. The villa has its own vehicle and chef.

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05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

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.

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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.

06 · Go

Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge

Madikwe, South Africa

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.

Getting there
Madikwe Game Reserve, North West, toward the Botswana border.
From where you are
Distance appears once we know where you are.

Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge

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