Tambuti Lodge

Tambuti Lodge is in the tremendous Black Rhino Reserve in the Pilanesberg region of South Africa's North West province.

The beautiful Tambuti safari lodge, is only 31 km from the spectacular and famous Sun City Resort. The Lodge is surrounded by an old Tambuti forest from which it received its name. This Lodge strives to offer its guests a truly unforgettable and luxurious wildlife experience in the untamed African bushveld.

The Tambuti Lodge offers five luxurious, spacious and well-appointed suites. Each Suite has been designed with elegance and high-quality furnishings to ensure that guests have the best of comfort and luxury during their stay. Each suite offers elegant en-suite bathrooms which provide a large bath and an indoor and outdoor shower.

The suites also offer their guests with a private deck from which they can take in the spectacular views of the surrounding Tambuti forests.

This Lodge offers its guests various dining options during their stay. Guests can choose between private dining on their terrace, a romantic exceptional dining experience alongside the lantern-lit pool as well as the traditional outdoor boma.

Tambuti Guests staying here can partake in two activities including bush walks and safari drives. Visitors are led by an experienced guide through the Black Rhino Private Reserve where they have the opportunity to view some of Africa's "Big 5".

The bush walks are also fantastic for bird watchers, nature enthusiasts and botanists as they have the opportunity to experience the beautiful environment around them up close and personal. The guide also provides visitors with information on animals, plants and birdlife.

About the Black Rhino Game Reserve

The Black Rhino Game Reserve is a private concession situated within the malaria-free greater Pilanesberg National Park (55 000ha). The park, encircled by the hills of a volcanic ring-dyke complex and containing both Kalahari and Lowveld biomes, is a wilderness Eden. Nearly all animal species endemic to Southern Africa are to be found here.

The development of the park is considered one of the most ambitious projects of its kind anywhere in the world. It began with Operation Genesis in 1979, which game-fenced the area and reintroduced long-vanished wildlife. Today, Pilanesberg is home to over 7 000 animals – including all of the Big Five, 25 other mammal species, 350-plus kinds of birds, and innumerable reptile and insect species.

As a guest of Lush, you are assured a private – and unique – safari experience, with the rare opportunity to possibly see the unique black rhino. The lodge has traversing access to the entire Pilanesberg National Park, including the Black Rhino Game Reserve and the park’s limited-access Wilderness Area – established for the protection and breeding of this critically endangered animal, threatened by poaching.

Other successful park conservation initiatives are the Brown Hyena Project and Cheetah Project. The brown hyena is classified near threatened and is at risk due to the mistaken belief that they are harmful to livestock. The cheetah is currently classified vulnerable ­– though there is call for its reclassification as endangered – and is under threat from poaching, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict.