Lephalale Accommodation / Thakadu Safaris Lodge Game Lodge in Lephalale (prev. Ellisras) / Self Catering or Catered Accommodation

Taking its name from Tswana for Aardvark, Thakadu Safaris is set on the banks of the Mogol River which offers the perfect setting for the nature lover, a family affair, team building or corporate conference to relax and enjoy over 350 species of birdlife, botany and an abundance of African game.

Thakadu Safaris Lodge is located 47km north of Lephalale (Ellisras) on the ‘malaria free’ Mokolo Route, only 40km south of the Botswana border and a 3 hour drive from Pretoria.

MAIN LODGE AREA

The Main Lodge offers an air-conditioned open plan lounge area with leather sofas, a formal dining area, bar, snooker table, upstairs TV-room with DSTV, ladies and gents toilets, fully equipped kitchen, walk-in fridge, freezer and pantry. A spacious wooden deck opens through enormous sliding doors of the Main Lodge and flows to the outdoor pool area. A boma area set alongside the wooden deck provides all round seating to peacefully enjoy a braai and stargaze all night long.

CHALETS

Thakadu Safaris Lodge has two luxury en-suite thatched chalets with each having a private thatched deck area overlooking the river. Guests are welcome to make use of one or both, as well as the optional use of the Main Lodge facilities.

Chalet no. 1:
Chalet No. 1 has two air-conditioned separate en-suite bedrooms with each bedroom sleeping 2 person (sleeps total 4 persons).

Chalet no. 2:
Chalet No. 2 is a double storey facility with loft area for the children. It has four air-conditioned separate en-suite bedrooms. The two ground floor bedrooms sleep 3 persons and the two 1st floor bedrooms sleeps 2 persons each (sleeps 10 persons excluding the loft for the children).

Both chalets include a daily cleaning service, all linen, a fully equipped kitchen and open air boma braai area with fire wood supplied for each day.

The chalets can be booked on a self catering or catered basis. Breakfast and dinner will be served in the Main Lodge if the catered option is selected.

FACILITIES

The river banks allow fly-fishermen access to the more elusive fish, and the many trails and lookout spots give nature-lovers a chance to view game, small mammals as well as butterflies and other insects.

ACTIVITIES

A variety of activities are available to all guests including the following: Game drives; Hiking; Birding; Vulture Restaurant (Enjoy watching the White-backed and Lappet-faced Vultures feed off carcasses at the Raptor Society endorsed “Vulture Restaurant”; Fishing or Fly-fishing; Clay pigeon Shooting and Archery; Shooting Range. Thakadu Safaris offers concession rights in the greater Northern Province and can arrange hunting of the Big 5 on special request.

WILDLIFE

The 3300 ha private game reserve is home to various plains game species such as warthog, impala, bles buck, red hartbeest, blue wildebeest, kudu, nyala, eland, oryx, sable, giraffe, zebra, water buck, leopard, brown hyena, rooikat and several smaller animals of prey. Thakadu Safaris is proud of our game breeding facility which includes prime game such as black impala, sable and buffalo.

BIRDING

With over 350 species of birds identified by birding societies, the game reserve is home to the following birds of prey such as the White-backed vulture, Lappet-faced vulture, Martial eagle, Brown Snake eagle, African Fish eagle and Bateleur.