Motswiri Safari Lodge Madikwe Game Reserve

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Email Motswiri Safari Lodge Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com

The lodge is ideal for corporate, family/friend groups of up to 10 who do not wish to share the facilities with outsiders. Itineraries & daily events can be tailored to meet your or your group's specific needs.

Motswiri Safari Lodge Accommodation

The Lodge
Nestled under a canopy of Leadwood trees overlooking a busy private waterhole, this lodge only accommodates 10 people in 5 luxury bush villas set around a swimming pool.The exquisitely appointed main lodge offers separate lounge, dining and lounge bar facilities – each with its own roaring fireplace in winter.

Dining also takes place in the outside boma on balmy summer nights. Motswiri offers the option of individual bookings or exclusive use of the whole lodge, making it ideal for corporates, celebrations and family groups.

Luxury Bush Villas
All Motswiri bush lodge villas have air-conditioning, ceiling fans, gas fireplaces, beautifully appointed bathrooms en-suite, outdoor rock showers and private wrap around wooden decks. The interiors have been skilfully designed so that there is a blend between open space and the bush by utilizing the retractable doors and windows.

Motswiri offers the option of individual bookings or exclusive use of the whole lodge, making it ideal for corporates, celebrations and family groups.

Madikwe Game Reserve
The 75 000-hectare Madikwe Game Reserve is located in the North West Province of South Africa. Prior to its establishment in 1991, most of the land consisted of cattle farms. Since 1991, the park has undergone an intensive phase of development as a premier game reserve, and this included an extensive restocking programme with game species that historically occurred in the region.

Madikwe is managed by the North West Parks and Tourism Board (NWPTB), which was formerly the Bophuthatswana National Parks, a conservation organization that is world-renowned for its pioneering approach to people-based wildlife conservation which it has practised since the late 1970s.

Unlike almost all state-owned game reserves in Africa, the approach towards conservation that has been adopted at Madikwe puts the needs of people before that of wildlife and conservation. It is believed by the Board that if conservation is to succeed in developing countries such as South Africa, then local communities and individuals must benefit significantly from wildlife conservation and related activities.

If local communities and the region as a whole can benefit through jobs and business opportunities that are created or generated, then firm support for protected areas will be achieved and important conservation objectives will be met almost as a secondary or spin-off benefit.

Madikwe is run as a three-way partnership between the state (represented by the Board), local communities and the private sector. Without doubt, it is the private sector on which the entire project ultimately depends. The private sector develops and manages a variety of tourism developments and activities in the park.

A portion of the revenue generated is paid to the Board in concession fees. These concession fees are used partly to maintain the conservation infrastructure and game stocks in the park, which underpin the private sector's investments and operations.

A portion of the concession fees is also paid to local communities to help finance a variety of community-based development projects. In addition to community projects, communities also benefit from jobs and business opportunities that are created both within and outside the park.

This in turn further stimulates the local and regional economy. This partnership, therefore, is of benefit to all parties involved. Conservation objectives are met, the private sector generates profits, jobs and businesses are created, communities are developed and valuable foreign exchange is brought into the country.

Madikwe, therefore, should not be viewed solely as a protected area or tourism destination, in reality the park acts as a major social and economic core and engine around which the development of the entire region can be based.

It is strongly believed that the approach being practised in Madikwe will have significant beneficial impacts on both local and regional economies, as well as greatly contribute towards the overall improvement in the quality of life of largely disadvantaged, rural communities. People-based wildlife conservation, therefore, should be considered as a viable development option elsewhere in South Africa and in developing countries in general.

It is particularly relevant in rural areas where development options are often very limited. In this respect, it is believed that people-based conservation offers the only long-term successful approach to wildlife conservation in South and southern Africa, and the continent of Africa as a whole.

Travelling by Road
Directions to Motswiri Private Safari Lodge:

· From Johannesburg International Airport now O.R. TAMBO AIRPORT - Take R21 to Pretoria.

· Head north on the N1 towards the N4 Toll Road· Take the N4 Toll road north west towards Rustenburg, Swartruggens, Groot Marico and Zeerust

· Once in Zeerust turn right at the fourth stop street into President Street. There is a signpost on the left that says “ Madikwe Game Reserve/Gaborone” and a First National Bank on the corner to the right

· Follow the R49 towards the reserve for approximately 97km· The first entrance to the reserve is Abjaterskop gate· Pass that gate and enter at the next gate – Wonderboom Gate exactly 7km from the first gate.

Madikwe Air Shuttle Service
Our service in a nutshell:
We offer a world-class executive air shuttle service from Johannesburg to Madikwe. Departing daily from the Federal Air Executive Lounge at OR Tambo International, the service is operated mainly with Cessna Grand Caravan Aircraft. All flights are undertaken by professional and highly experienced crew.

Passengers can be personally met from incoming domestic or international flights by one of our professional guest relations team members. Alternatively passengers can meet at the Federal Air Guest Welcome Booth located on ground level in the Multi-storey parkade and car rental hall or directly at the executive lounge.

Complimentary bar service, tea, coffee, as well as shower facilities are available at the executive lounge. Madikwe Air also offers complimentary on-site excess bag storage and secure open parking. There is a direct on-line flight booking system available to the lodges. Flight bookings do close 7 days prior to a flight.

When you make your reservation you can enquire about this service and we will make bookings on your behalf.

Email Motswiri Safari Lodge Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com