Safari Holidays to South Africa and Namibia for independent travellers.

Thakadu River Camp

Thakadu River Camp is situated in the eastern section of the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve, just a 5 hour drive from Johannesburg, or 3 hours from Sun City.

The private reserve, which boasts 76,000 hectares of game viewing territory, is home to Africa's Big 5 - elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo - as well as wild dog, cheetah, plains game including gemsbok, springbok, zebra and giraffe, and over 340 species of birds.

Thakadu River Camp is an ecotourism partnership between North-West Parks, the Molatedi Community and the operator, The Madikwe Colletion. The community has a 45-year lease to operate a commercial lodge with traversing rights across the Madikwe Game Reserve. The concept is unique in South Africa in that the community owns the development, with substantial benefits accruing back to the community itself.

This lodge has a phenomenal atmosphere due to the foundations upon which it is built and the gratitude of the community which it is helping to build.