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Jabula Lodge is on the outskirts of the delightful small town
of White River. It has been recently built for its present English
owners. It is beautifully placed on the low density White River Country
Estate, which has a secure 24-hour controlled access. A walk at any time around the scenic Estate will provide bird watchers with varied sightings all year round. |
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We are located 30 minutes away from the Kruger National Park, famous for its safaris and game viewing, in an area of outstanding natural beauty, on the Mpumalanga Panoramic Route, with many famous local attractions within easy driving distance.
Jabula Lodge Accommodation
The accommodation, which is all on one level, consists of:
- a large open plan sitting room
- a dining room area with seating room for 8
- an open-plan kitchen with a pantry and a fully equipped laundry room
- four twin bedded bedrooms
- ample outside space with barbeque and pool
The property is set in its own gardens and lawns with a drive and turning
area for your car(s). Each bedroom has 2 large twin beds, 2 bedside tables,
bedside lights, ample wardrobe and shelf space, built-in dressing tables
and ceiling fans.
The beds come with non-allergenic duvets and pillows. There are also fly
screens on the opening windows so you can go to sleep with the windows
open. All the bathrooms have shaver points.
The Master Bedroom has its own adjoining dressing room and a large en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower with seat, bath, bidet, W.C. and a sink/vanity unit. It has 2 large single beds and sliding patio doors opening out onto the front garden.
Guest Bedroom One has 2 large single beds and a slightly smaller dressing room. It has sliding patio doors opening out onto the front garden, and an en-suite bathroom with sink / vanity unit, W.C. and a walk-in shower with seat.
Guest Bedroom Two has 2 large single beds and overlooks the rear garden. It has an en-suite bathroom with sink / vanity unit, W.C. and walk-in shower with seat.
Guest Bedroom Three also overlooks the rear garden and has 2 large single beds and has an en suite bathroom with sink, W.C. and a large walk-in shower.
Jabula Lodge Facilities
There is a large open plan sitting room with sofas, easy chairs and ottomans. It is seperate from the dining room by a log burning fireplace. Sliding patio windows lead onto the veranda. We hide the TV behind a cupboard by the fireplace, as we rarely have time to look at it! There is a large ceiling fan for those hot evenings.
The dining room area has a large table which seats 8 and has a sideboard. A double sided log-burning fireplace for those sometimes chilly winter evenings separates the sitting room and dining room area. There are large sliding patio windows opening out to the veranda.
The kitchen is open plan with a breakfast bar seating 4 separating it
from the dining room area. It comes fully equipped with fridge / freezer,
microwave, gas hob and electric oven with extractor fan over, and a preparation
sink.
Small details such as the essential teapot, electric kettle, cafetiere,
electric toaster and all the equipment you would normally use in your
own home, help to make staying at Jabula a relaxing experience. All the
work surfaces are in granite and there are ample cupboards for storage.
Off the kitchen is a pantry with yet more storage space and a second large fridge. There is a fully equipped laundry room with dishwasher, washing machine and tumbler drier, and a double sink. This leads to an enclosed outside area with clothesline and an outside sink.
This is the area we really live in all year round. There is a very large
covered veranda which has a table and chairs seating 8. There are also
sun loungers and cushions and the all-essential Braai (barbeque).
The pool comes with a pool net to protect young children, but vigilance
is obviously needed at all times as the pool is open to the garden.
It has built in steps / seats where you can sit and enjoy those refreshing
drinks, after a hard day of sightseeing, at sunset whilst waiting for
the Braai or just lounging about!
Attractions / Activities Nearby
White River is a delightful little town supplying all your basic needs. It is a 7-minute drive from the property, and has 2 supermarkets, various other food shops and liquor stores, a post office, several banks, pharmacies, doctors and dentists, butchers, and several petrol stations.
Nelspruit is the nearest large town, 30 minutes away by car, with large department stores and everything you would expect from a modern town. As you drive from White River, this side of Nelspruit, there is the Riverside Mall, a comprehensive modern shopping mall with a multi-screen cinema and a casino.
The Casterbridge Centre, which is a favourite of ours, is 5 minutes away and houses several restaurants, some lovely little shops for unusual souvenirs, a small cinema and a theatre which has performances by local and international artists. It makes a wonderful evening to go there with a picnic supper and enjoy a show. There is also a museum housing a large collection of vintage cars.
There are numerous restaurants, all within 5 to 15 minutes from Jabula,
ranging from a true gourmet experience to a cheap and cheerful pasta or
pizza.
Whatever your tastes in food the area is very well served for eating out,
and you probably won’t use the kitchen very much unless you want
to barbeque! We can also give you the phone numbers of several excellent
caterers who will deliver delicious ready prepared meals to order.
Gary Player designed the course 25 years ago and it was later developed
into an exciting 18 hole championship course, 6061 metres in length for
a par of 71. It offers a challenge to both amateurs and professionals.
The White River flowing through the parkland course brings interesting
water features into play at 9 of the holes with the 7th and 11th comparable
to Augusta National in their beauty, challenge and abundance of water.
Non-members from overseas will pay approximately R120 per round. Caddies
and carts are available for hire.
If you tire of playing on this course there are about another 12 in this
area of Mpumalanga varying from the most exclusive at Leopard Hills Creek
to the Skukuza Golf Course inside the Kruger Park that you share with
the wildlife! 'In the rough' takes on a whole new meaning because there
are lion, hippo and crocodiles.
There is a sign at the Skukuza golf course that reads: "Be careful,
Dangerous Animals". And they are not kidding.
So if you like your golf with a bit of adrenaline, you know where to go!
You can also get the services of a ranger for your round if you wish.
FOR SIGHT-SEEING:
As for sight seeing, you could easily spend a month in the area
to get round everything! All of the following are easily visited in a
day, but not all in the same day!
- Pilgrims’ Rest is a restored gold mining town,
where you could try your luck and pan for gold! It makes an interesting
day trip, motoring through glorious wooded countryside, and gives a fascinating
insight into the gold rush era.
- Bourke’s Luck Potholes are well worth a visit if just to see the incredible power of weather erosion, and you don’t have to go underground either!
- God’s Window is an awe inspiring view down over the Lowveld towards the Kruger National Park, and there are many beautiful waterfalls in the area, all of these depending on the rainfall during the rainy season, the most spectacular being the Mac Mac Falls.
- Blyde River Canyon is the world’s third largest canyon with spectacular views in all directions. Here there is also the rock formation called the Three Rondavels, shown in many picture postcards.
If you tire of sightseeing then there is always birding, fishing, boating, ballooning, white water rafting and horse riding available locally. For guests who want to see more of the African continent, Mozambique and the Indian ocean is 2 hours away, and Swaziland is also a couple of hours away too.
Last, but by no means least, is the wild game viewing in the Kruger National
Park. The real joy of staying in this area is to be able to get out into
the wild and go on safari.
If you are newcomers to this we strongly recommend that you go to one
of the private game reserves for at least a couple of nights, where you
will be driven around the bush in an open safari vehicle - none of your
enclosed mini bus safaris here!
With any luck you will see all of the ‘Big 5’ (lion, elephant,
rhino, leopard and cape buffalo), not to mention an incredible variety
of bird life, plains game, reptiles and smaller mammals.
We can recommend several game lodges that are not too expensive, including
a couple of self catering ones, and there is really nothing like going
to sleep to the sound of lion roaring - yes, you will sleep too!
Once you have experienced this and ‘have your African eyes in’
as we put it, then it is up to you to venture off into the Kruger in your
own vehicle, and if you go slowly enough, with the experience you have
had with a professional guide, you will, with a bit of luck, soon be spotting
your own animals and birds.
There is nothing to beat the experience of coming across your ‘own’
pride of lions or herd of elephants going down to a waterhole!
Email
Jabula Lodge Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com
