Shumbalala Game Lodge
Thornybush Game Reserve
Greater Kruger National Park
Features
- This Lodge represents extraordinary style and taste and accredited by the star grading council with a five-star rating. Accommodation and tasteful public areas are home to a maximum of eight special guests.
- All bedroom accommodation of the highest standard and space.
- A wine cellar fit for Kings and Princes to entertain lavishly are all part of what makes Shumbalala so uniquely special.
- Big FiveYes
- Off RoadYes (for Big 5 Sightings Only)
- Camp FencedNo - Elephant Fence Only
- Child PolicyChildren 10 years and older are welcome
- PoolYes - Main Area And Presidential Suite
- SPABy Arrangement: Travelling In-room Spa
- AirconYes
- Cellphone SignalYes - Vodacom & Cell C
- Malaria AreaYes - Low Risk
- Back-up PowerGenerator
Location
Thornybush Game Reserve adjacent to the Kruger National Park
Getting There
5 hour drive from Johannesburg. Scheduled daily flights from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit Airport (twice daily).
Selected flights from Cape Town (3 times weekly). Transfers from Hoedspruit Airport to the Lodge available.
Accommodation
4 Superior Suites
1 Presidential Suite
Rates & Special Offers
Deals By Date
Please note:
- All rates are subject to availability.
- Proof of SADC residency may be required at the time of booking or upon check-in at the lodge.
- Surcharges may apply on rates over peak holiday periods and long weekends.
- Special discounted rates for International guests are available on request.
- Unless otherwise stated, all rates listed are based on a minimum 2 night stay. Surcharges may apply for a 1 night booking.
- Rates quoted are only applicable to SA Residents only. Special Discounted rates for International Residents are available on request
- Rates exclude a Conservation Fee of R 750 per person per booking, including children of all ages. To be pre-paid upon booking. (Subject to change)
- Please contact your BushBreaks & More consultant for single accommodation rates.
- Children aged 10 years and older are welcome at Shumbalala Game Lodge.
- The Presidential suite needs to be booked when travelling with children. Please request child rates from your BushBreaks & More consultant.
- Children 10 years and older are permitted on game drives at Management’s discretion.
- Children 16 years and younger need to be accompanied by a responsible adult during game drives.
- Children under 16 years are not permitted in bush walks.
About Shumbalala Game Lodge
Set under shady African trees lining the Monwana River, Shumbalala Safari Lodge is found in the heart of the 11,000 ha Thornybush Game Reserve and offers guests an untamed African safari in absolute luxury and privacy.
This exclusive game lodge comprises four Superior Suites and a two bedroomed Presidential Suite with private viewing decks and accommodates a small number of guests at a time, for ultimate tranquillity. Daily morning and evening Big 5 safari game drives by qualified rangers and experienced trackers, offering guests close range game viewing opportunities.
All the suites have overhead fans, air-conditioning, open fireplaces, and designer “picture window” bathroom suites that include an additional outside shower for the more adventurous and a private viewing deck.
To ensure absolute exclusivity and privacy, the lodge normally accommodates only eight guests at a time.
The two bed-roomed Presidential Suite, in addition to all of the facilities of the superior suites, boasts a separate dining room, lounge, a private pool deck and pool, and a fireside facility – the ultimate in opulence and exclusivity!
In addition to the game viewing decks and swimming pools at the main lodge, there are two lounges, a curio shop and a library in which to relax between game drives.
Sumptuous cuisine prepared by the well trained chef is enjoyed either on the lodge decks positioned to ensure scenic vistas, or by candlelight in more formal surroundings in the main dining room accompanied by a crackling fire in winter. Open air fire-side dinners are an occasion, and an opportunity to share your experience.
Good food is complimented by wines of excellence – select your own in this exclusive underground cellar in full view of the water hole!
Spend lazy afternoons at the pool, reading in the private library, selecting a prized African gift in our curio shop, bird watching or just relaxing in this lovely South Africa safari lodge. Shumbalala Game Lodge – the 5 star South Africa safari lodge where natural beauty and idyllic comfort meet.
Lodge Features
Lodge Pool
Curio Store
Getting There
BY ROAD
The best way to travel is to follow the N4 from the airport past Witbank & Middelburg until you reach the Belfast turnoff.
Turn left on the R40 through Belfast and take the road through Dullstroom (good place to stop for something to eat). Then through Lydenburg, Orighstad and through the Strijdom tunnel.
Onto Hoedspruit where you turn right on the R40 and left (after about 5km) at the Eastgate Airport sign. Pass the airport on your left and just after the road becomes gravel, turn right and follow the signs to the Thornybush Reserve.
After about 10km turn left into the Thornybush gate and continue into the reserve to the car park at the Main lodge where our ranger will be ready to collect you.
BY AIR
Daily charter flights are available, flying directly to the airstrip in the Thornybush Game Reserve.
FROM THE SOUTH ON THE R 40
ON THE R 40 FROM BUSHBUCKRIDGE
- Continue through Acornhoek towards Klaserie (do not turn at Acornhoek)
- Continue for about 7 km
- Turn right onto R40 Phalaborwa, Eastgate Airport, travel 1 km
- Turn right onto Guernsey Road (large brown thornybush sign on left)
- Travel 11,6 km (note: the road gives way to dirt at 7,5 km)
- Turn left at the T-Junction (brown Thornybush sign)
- Continue a further 6,3 km to Thornybush Game Reserve gate on right
- Follow signage to Thornybush Game Lodge for all guests checking in at Thornybush Game Lodge, Shumbalala, Monwana, Serondella, n’Kaya and Nkelenga
- Guests arriving to Chapungu Tented Camp, follow signage for Thornybush Game Lodge and continue to Chapungu Tented Camp as directed once in the Reserve.
FROM THE NORTH ON THE R 40
- At Hoedspruit take the R 40 south towards Bushbuckridge
- Continue 6 km and turn left at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road
- Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
- Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate
- Follow signage to Thornybush Game Lodge for all guests checking in at Thornybush Game Lodge, Shumbalala, Monwana, Serondella, n’Kaya and Nkelenga
- Guests arriving to Chapungu Tented Camp, follow signage for Thornybush Game Lodge and continue to Chapungu Tented Camp as directed once in the Reserve.
FROM JOHANNESBURG
- The N12 to Emalahleni (Witbank), where the N12 highway links up with the N4 highway
- Continue with the N4 in the direction Mbombela (Nelspruit).
- Approximately 60 km past Middleburg take the R 540 to your left.
- Travel though the towns of eMakhazeni (Belfast) and eMnotweni (Dullstroom) to Mashishing (Lydenburg)
- Take the R 36 (which becomes the R 527) towards Hoedspruit, passing through Origstad and descending down the Able Erasmus Pass
- At Hoedspruit take the R 40 south towards Bushbuckridge
- Continue 6 km and turn left at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road
- Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
- Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate
- Follow signage to Thornybush Game Lodge for all guests checking in at Thornybush Game Lodge, Shumbalala, Monwana, Serondella, n’Kaya and Nkelenga
- Guests arriving to Chapungu Tented Camp, follow signage for Thornybush Game Lodge and continue to Chapungu Tented Camp as directed once in the Reserve.
FROM PRETORIA
- Take the N4 in the direction Mbombela (Nelspruit)
- Approximately 60 km past eMalahleni (Middleburg) take the R 540 to your left
- Travel through the town of eMakhazeni (Belfast) and eMnotweni (Dullstroom) to Mashishing (Lydenburg)
- Take the R 36 (which becomes the R 527) towards Hoedspruit, passing through Origstad and descending down the Able Erasmus Pass
- At Hoedspruit take the R 40 south towards Bushbuckridge.
- Continue 6 km and turn left at the Eastgate Airport sign / Argyle Road.
- Continue 14 km (tarred road) and turn right onto Guernsey Road (following the signs to Thornybush Reserve)
- Continue 9km (gravel road) and turn left into the Thornybush Game Reserve gate
- Follow signage to Thornybush Game Lodge for all guests checking in at Thornybush Game Lodge, Shumbalala, Monwana, Serondella, n’Kaya and Nkelenga
- Guests arriving to Chapungu Tented Camp, follow signage for Thornybush Game Lodge and continue to Chapungu Tented Camp as directed once in the Reserve.
FROM KMIA
- Exit KMIA premisis
- Turn right onto R538 (R40) White River, travel 3,2 km
- Turn left onto R538 (R40), travel 0,1 km (Note: only 100 metres)
- Turn right onto R538 White River, travel 4,4 km
- Turn right onto R569 Numbihek, travel 2,9 km
- Turn left onto R538 White River, travel 1,7 km
- Turn right onto R40 Phalaborwa, travel 41 m to Hazyview
- Turn left at T-Junction onto R40 Phalaborwa
- Travel 75,8 km through Hazyview, Bushbuckridge & Acornhoek (do not turn at Acornhoek)
- Turn right onto R40 Phalaborwa, Eastgate Airport, travel 1 km
- Turn right onto Guernsey Road (large brown sign on left)
- Travel 11,6 km (note: road gives way to dirt at 7,5 km)
- Turn left at the T-Junction (large brown sign)
- Continue a further 6,3 km to the Thornybush Game Reserve Gate on right
- Follow signage to Thornybush Game Lodge for all guests checking in at Thornybush Game Lodge, Shumbalala, Monwana, Serondella, n’Kaya and Nkelenga
- Guests arriving to Chapungu Tented Bush Camp, follow signage for Thornybush Game Lodge and continue to Chapungu Tented Camp as directed once in the Reserve.
FROM SWAZILAND
- From Jeppe’s Reef border post, follow the R 570 north in the direction Malelane
- Take the N4 highway in the direction of Mbombela (Nelspruit) for 64 km
- On arrival in Mbombela (Nelspruit) turn right on the R 40 in the direction White River
- Turn right onto R569 Numbihek, travel 2,9 km
- Turn left onto R538 White River, travel 1,7 km
- Turn right onto R40 Phalaborwa, travel 41 m to Hazyview
- Turn left at T-Junction onto R40 Phalaborwa
- Travel 75,8 km through Hazyview, Bushbuckridge & Acornhoek (do not turn at Acornhoek)
- Turn right onto R40 Phalaborwa, Eastgate Airport, travel 1 km
- Turn right onto Guernsey Road (large brown sign on left)
- Travel 11,6 km (note: road gives way to dirt at 7,5 km)
- Turn left at the T-Junction (large brown sign)
- Continue a further 6,3 km to the Thornybush Game Reserve Gate on right
- Follow signage to Thornybush Game Lodge for all guests checking in at Thornybush Game Lodge, Shumbalala, Monwana, Serondella, n’Kaya and Nkelenga
- Guests arriving to Chapungu Tented Camp, follow signage for Thornybush Game Lodge and continue to Chapungu Tented Camp as directed once in the Reserve.
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