Mabalingwe Nature Reserve

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Two private lodges in the Waterberg — Tebuah and Sithrah — held to one uncompromising standard.

The Collection

Choose your house in the bush.

Tebuah Private Lodge

4 en-suite bedrooms · Sleeps 12 · From R6,500

Architectural thatch above a sunken swim-up bar, a boma cut into the stone terrace and a deck that opens onto the Waterberg.

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Sithrah Lodge infinity pool, jacuzzi and sun loungers overlooking the bushveld

Sithrah Private Lodge

5 en-suite bedrooms · Sleeps 12 · From R8,000

A newly built bushveld sanctuary — five suites with private balconies, an infinity pool, jacuzzi and a boma under an open sky.

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Why BushComber

Two lodges, one standard

Both houses are privately owned, exclusively let and finished to the same level — stone, thatch, glass and quiet.

Inside the reserve

12 000 hectares of Big Five country in the Waterberg, an easy two hours from Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Your own game viewer

A dedicated open game viewing vehicle can be booked at either lodge at R1 500 per day — drive on your own schedule.

Tebuah Private Lodge deck and pool overlooking the Waterberg bushveld

Infinity pool and timber deck at Sithrah Private Lodge

The Reserve

Big Five country, on your own timing.

Twelve thousand hectares of Waterberg bushveld surround both houses. Take the lodge's open game viewer out at first light — rhino and elephant on the roads, hippo and crocodile on the dams, kudu at dusk and the reserve waking up around you.

Two white rhino crossing a red sand road in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Rhino on the road

Three giraffe on red sand against an orange sunset in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Giraffe at sunset

Elephant bull crossing in front of a game viewing vehicle in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Elephant crossing

Hippo grazing under thorn trees at sunset in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Hippo at last light

Two elephants feeding among thorn trees in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Elephants in the thorn

White rhino walking straight down a dirt track in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Right of way

Hippo and calf resting on the reeded bank of a dam in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Mother and calf on the dam wall

Kudu bull and nyala at a waterhole clearing at sunset in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Kudu and nyala at dusk

Crocodile basking on the cracked mud bank of a dam in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Crocodile on the mud bank

White rhino grazing in green bush in the early evening in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Rhino grazing at dusk

African fish eagle perched in a tree above the valley in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — African fish eagle

Spotted eagle-owl perched on a bare branch at dawn in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Spotted eagle-owl at dawn

Terrapin basking on the mud bank of a dam in golden light in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Terrapin on the dam bank

Black-backed jackal on a bush track in early morning light in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Black-backed jackal at first light

Rock monitor lizard moving through green summer grass in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Monitor lizard in the green season

Bushpig foraging beside the lodge wall at night in Mabalingwe Nature Reserve — Bushpig at the lodge after dark

Your African chapter awaits.

Limited availability this season across both lodges. Tell us your dates and we will hold the house.

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