Ulusaba Rock Lodge

Children Policy

Children of any age are welcome. Rates available on request. A childrens programme is offered, but children 6 years and under are not allowed on game drives. Children of all ages are not allowed on bush walks. Babysitting services are available.

Children's Programme

Children of all ages are welcome at Rock Lodge and will be invited to take part in Ulusaba Cub's Club, which offers a range of safari activities for kids. As Rock Lodge is small and intimate, and because the lodge know each cub is different, they do not operate a set programme, rather they have a set welcome pack and range of great safari activities for kids that are available on request.

On arrival at Ulusaba all cubs will be given a Cub's Club Backpack which contains lots of little goodies to help keep them entertained and to help to educate them about the African Bush. In every cub's room there will be a special welcome letter and a list of phone numbers they can dial from their room so it is easy for them to get hold of other members of their pride as well as the Ulusaba staff. Also for their safety, the lodge has security guards on duty all night who will pay particular attention to rooms occupied by cubs.

Other Cub's Club Features include a treasure hunt to help familiarise themselves with their surroundings; story books in their rooms and in the lounge, which include old favourites and ones with an African or animal theme; educational books in their room and in the lounge that help them get the most out of their experience in Africa; a great range of new and classic children's DVDs and videos that they can watch in the lounge, along with music CDs.

The lodge also has lots of games up their sleeves and they always try to combine entertainment with some education.

Your ranger will be more than happy to spend time with your cubs to tell them all about the bush and the animals they see.

The lodge unfortunately regrets that very young cubs (under 6 years) cannot participate in the regular game viewing programme and due to safety, cubs are not able to participate in safari walks, but the lodge can arrange short excursions around Rock Lodge to spot birds, insects, lizards and so on. They can also arrange bedtime story telling in the lounge complete with milk and cookies, or whatever normally helps get your cubs ready for bed!

On departure, all cubs will be invited to become permanent members of Ulusaba Cub's Club and will receive a bi-annual newsletter and a birthday card.

In addition to these safari activities for kids the lodge can also arrange Cub's Cuisine if you wish, such as pizza, toasties, pasta etc. A free babysitting service is available, however please be aware that off-duty staff who have experience with children are used for this - due to the lodge's location they do not have professional child carers available, but with advance notice this could be arranged at an extra cost.

If you have a rather large pride with lots of cubs or if you'd just prefer it, the lodg can arrange a set programme of safari activities for kids provided they get advance notice - just let your Travel Butlers consultant know the ages and interests of the cubs concerned, and the lodge will come up with something to keep them entertained.

Lastly, the lodge understands that every cub is different so if you want anything specific provided for your particular cub then please let the lodge know and they will do everything they can to ensure your stay runs just how you want it to. Remember that all safari activities for kids from Ulusaba come at no extra cost unless specified.

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