Karongwe River Lodge

With river views and private viewing decks, Karongwe River Lodge offers an enchanting bush getaway for luxurious relaxation and thrilling adventures. River Lodge boasts an immersion into the essence of nature with attentive integration of raw elements into its design style. Indoor areas combine modern design trends with natural materials, timber, and thatch for an extraordinary feeling of being in the outdoors, yet in warmth, comfort, and luxury. Karongwe River Lodge’s main lounge area opens to an expansive viewing deck for relaxed game viewing or spend afternoons soaking up the sun next to the pool side. Contemporary African-inspired dining can be savoured at the deck, indoor dining area, or surrounded by lanterns and crackling fires in the boma.

Karongwe Private Game Reserve boasts 9000 hectares of protected land teeming with wildlife, diverse flora, and intriguing birdlife with an impressive backdrop of the Drakensberg mountain range. Overlapped by four rivers, the reserve is perfectly located to draw animal and birdlife to these water sources. Located just 45 minutes from the expansive Kruger National Park, Karongwe River Lodge offers an exclusive game viewing experience, with convenient proximity to Krugers expanse of diverse ecosystems.

Expert game rangers and trackers at Karongwe Private Game Reserve showcase a wealth of knowledge, cultural richness, and extraordinary game tracking abilities. Day and night drives are undertaken in specialized 4-wheel safari vehicles, with guides going out of their way to get you up close to Africa’s breath-taking wildlife including lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo, cheetah and African wild dog. Karongwe River Lodge also offers guests exclusive interactive cooking opportunities, anti-poaching walks, bush picnics, and photography workshops. Karongwe is home to several other 4-star and 5-star lodges speard out over the reserve.