Thornybush Safari
The journey, one day at a time
Into Thornybush Game Reserve
Arrive in Thornybush Game Reserve, met and transferred to your accommodation. Some great reserves take a charter and a long transfer to reach. Thornybush is minutes from Hoedspruit, so almost none of your safari time is lost to travel — land, transfer, and you are on a drive. For short stays and tight itineraries, that ease is a real and underrated advantage.
Reliable Big Five
Reliable off-road Big-Five drives on a well-run traverse, easy and comfortable. More dependable game — lion, elephant, rhino and buffalo, close at hand.
Reliable Big Five
More dependable game — lion, elephant, rhino and buffalo, close at hand.
Reliable Big Five
Reliable off-road Big-Five drives on a well-run traverse, easy and comfortable.
Departure
A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Dry-season bush
Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.
Green summer & the Cape
Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Royal Malewane
A famously opulent Thornybush lodge with some of the most expert guiding in the country.
Saseka Tented Camp
A polished tented camp, minutes from Hoedspruit.
Thornybush Game Lodge
A polished safari lodge, minutes from Hoedspruit.
Monwana Game Lodge
A dependable safari lodge, minutes from Hoedspruit.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.