Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge is on the banks of the Mluwati river in the heart of the Kruger National Park. With distinct thatched peaks that peep over the tree-line, and flashes of burnt orange through lush leadwood trees. A celebration of African style. From its traditional rondavel rooms (a style of African hut). To the splashes of colorful designer fabrics. Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge exudes a hearty spirit of warmth and welcoming. Expect an authentic encounter that prides itself upon a relaxed African ambiance in extraordinary bush surroundings.
The Kruger National Park, one of Africa’s most renowned conservation areas and home to the big five. Join the cape-turtle doves and arrow-marked babblers as they welcome a new day. Heading out in to the bush for a feast of the senses. The smell of damp grasses, the pinks, oranges and yellows of a gorgeous African sunrise. Spend your afternoon lazing at the infinity pool. Watching a parade of wildlife visit the waterhole to quench their thirst. From the majestic elephant herds to select members of the cat family. Such as lion, cheetah and leopard.
Our mission is to preserve the biodiversity of the area by empowering the local community. To collectively build a lasting landmark tourist destination that will continue to generate benefits. Benefits for the local community, for conservation, and for ecotourism.
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge offers indulgent spa treatments and a soothing massage in the seclusion of your private deck. There is Wi-Fi available in the guest area only. There is no cell phone signal at this exclusive and remote safari lodge, allowing complete relaxation for our guests. The suites offer a radio link to the manager at the lodge.
Guests are accommodated in six circular air-conditioned suites. Traditional buildings with tapered thatched roofs. But with folding glass doors that allows one to fully experience the wilderness. Tsonga tradition runs throughout these comfortable suites. The warm glow of brightly colored walls, traditional ornaments. Little embellishments on lamps, door handles and mirrors bringing this local culture to life. Relax on your private deck looking out on to the bush. Take a long, leisurely shower in the open air. Melt in to your comfortable king-size bed for an afternoon siesta. It’s your relaxing, informal bush experience on your terms.
Arial View of Hoyo Hoyo Safari LodgeHoyo Hoyo Lodge Suite
Why choose a private concession lodge in the Kruger National Park
The Mluwati Concession is one hundred square kilometers of exclusive safari space. Only the camps in this concession are able to traverse this area. Therefore, no overcrowding but excellent sightings. There is an extensive road network to access the concession. And game vehicles are permitted to leave the road to get closer to the wildlife to capture that perfect image. And get closest to the wildlife. The Mluwati Concession is adjacent to some of the most famous safari lodges in the Sabi Sands and Manyeleti Game Reserves. Therefore, they enjoy the some of the most productive game viewing anywhere on the planet. Safari walks are available to guests accompanied by highly qualified guides.
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge Activities:
Safari
Experience the inimitable thrills of a safari inside the National Park. In pursuit of the legendary “Big Seven” species that call this concession home. A Hoyo Hoyo Safari will reveal new scents, curious sounds. The beauty of an extraordinary African landscape to delight your senses. Accompanied by your private guide, on board the powerful open 4×4 Land Cruiser vehicle. You will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to explore the 100 km² private concession area within the Kruger National Park.
As one of the first private concessions in the Kruger National Park, Mluwati has worked tirelessly. To ensure the sustainability of this pristine wilderness. That for over 100 years has been a sanctuary for over 114 reptiles, 34 amphibians, 336 tree species and 147 mammal species. Including Africa’s Big Five.
Hoyo Hoyo Lion Pride
Keen birders will delight in the hundreds of bird species that call Kruger home. Over 500 species, many of which occur in the Mluwati Concession. Including the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Crested Barbet and Burchell’s Glossy Starling. Guests will enjoy some of Kruger’s most spectacular landscapes. An extraordinary variety of wildlife, bird life and plant life within the Mluwati Concession. Ensuring that each safari experience will be unique.
Experience a morning and evening safari during your stay at Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge. Witness the excitement of the first rains; the terrapins playing in river pools. The call of the Pied Kingfisher and steady chirping of tree frogs. Savor the rich smells of the bush, hear the shrill calls of the Magpie Shrike. See the wind blowing through the feather grass dotting the Savannah plains.
Cape Buffalo on morning safari
Bird Watching
Our guides are more than happy to share their unrivaled knowledge of our feathered friends with our guests. There is so much to learn about birds on our concession. From the fierce martial eagle to the smallest and most delicate blue waxbill.
Guided Bush Walks
Guided Bush walks are available to our guests accompanied by highly qualified guides. Can be requested in advance at an additional charge subject to logistics.
Walking Safari
Dining & Cuisine
Your rewards for a hard day’s safari are the delicious dishes created by Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge’s talented chef. Homemade baked goods, light salads and local specialties such as beetroot salad and ostrich steak are served in relaxed surroundings. The sounds of the bush providing all the accompaniment you need for a memorable dining experience. Enjoy a hearty buffet breakfast with a variety of fruits, nuts, yogurts, breads, pastries and cheese. Or opt for a full English breakfast with bacon, sausage and eggs. Freshly squeezed orange juice and strong coffee at the ready after your morning safari.
Lunch is a light, informal affair with a buffet laden with tasty salads and meats. Followed by High Tea with tea or coffee to wash down a delicious selection of cakes and pastries. Baked freshly at the lodge. After a rewarding evening’s safari, warm yourself around Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge’s open-air fire. Enjoy a magical three-course dinner under the stars. Good wine and good conversation flow. While you listen to the enchanting sounds of the surrounding bush coming alive at night.
Wellness Treatments
Enjoy a relaxing & soothing massage with blended aromatherapy oils of ylang-ylang, cedarwood & vanilla. To soothe your soul while overlooking the African bush from the comfort of your deck! The therapist at Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge is from the local community. And has been professionally trained, empowering the ladies to support themselves.
Community Projects
The Mluwati lodge have partnered with the Mirantha Youth Development Project. To empower the youth of local communities through life skills programs. The Mirantha Youth Development Project is a registered non-profit organization that cares for, and educates, neglected orphans and vulnerable youth. The “forgotten children”. In the town of Acornhoek. The Project is run by Happiness Lubisi, a champion social worker. Who currently supports more than 80 orphans and vulnerable youth in her community. Offering them food, clothes, and emotional relief.
Left without the guidance, financial support, and protection of their parents, the “forgotten children” are disproportionately vulnerable. To poverty, abuse, crime, and extortion. The large majority of the children have dropped out from school due to a variety of socioeconomic reasons. Which further increases their vulnerability due to poor literacy, the inability to find jobs due to lack of skills. And the inability to integrate well in their community.
Several staff members of the team and their families hail from this town just outside of the Kruger National Park. The survival of the surrounding communities is directly reliant on the business and investment that comes from the presence of ecotourism activities in the area. In order to secure the stability and prosperity of these communities, the empowerment and protection of their youth is a fundamental requisite.
The Mluwati Family and the Mirantha Youth Development Project share the core value of the spirit of Ubuntu. That is in sharing resources and knowledge for the benefit of all.
The aims of the project are to provide life skills such as:
Computer Literacy and Preparations for Interviews for Employment Opportunities
Promotion of Food Security through starting home food gardens and teaching knowledge of permaculture. This is about the concept of utilizing land, resources, people and the environment in a manner that doesn’t produce any waste
HIV awareness campaigns and workshops
Fundraising to build a physical Youth Development Centre for school drop-outs
Getting to Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge
Most people fly on scheduled flights from either Johannesburg or Cape Town to Skukuza (SZK) or Hoedspruit (HDS) airports. As they are the shortest transfer time to the lodge. We say short but can be up to a 3 hour drive. If you are coming into Nelspruit Mpumalanga Airport (MQP), it is about a 4 – 4 and a half hour transfer time.
Guests will fly into the Manyeleti airstrip for charter flights adjacent to the concession where you will be collected by the lodge. Driving times from the lodge is approximately an hour.
Driving from Johannesburg will take about 7 hours with a short stop en route.
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge Accommodation Rates
1st January – 31st December 2024: R 8,367 per person sharing per night (R 12,250 for single tent) 1st January – 31st December 2025: R 9,371 per person sharing per night (R 13,720 for single tent)
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge doesn’t have triple rooms and the minimum age is 12 years and older. They pay the full adult rate.
Rates are quoted per person per night and include: Accommodation, Three meals, selected beverages (soft drinks, water, beer, selected wines & spirits), Two safaris daily and VAT at 15% In addition, return complimentary transfers from either Skukuza or Hoedspruit Airport. This is subject to availability so it is important to book it early.
Rate Exclusions: Transfers not specified, premium brand beverages and gate entry fees
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge Special Offers and Packages
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge is a part of the Extraordinary Collection of lodges and hotels in Southern Africa. Create combination packages and get discounts or free nights. For example:
Long Stay Offers
Stay 5 nights or more at one or 2 of the below properties and save 5% on the total accommodation cost: The Cape Milner, Clifftop Exclusive Safari Hideaway, Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge, Imbali Safari Lodge, Mabula Game Lodge, Kwafubesi Tented Camp, Safari Plains & Angels View Valid until 15th December 2024 and from 3rd January – 15th December 2025
Kruger to Cape Town Packages
Stay for a minimum of three nights on safari & get three nights free at the luxury boutique Cape Milner Hotel. Combine The Cape Milner in Cape Town with any of the following lodges: Clifftop Exclusive Safari Hideaway in Welgevonden Private Game Reserve, Hamiltons Tented Camp, Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge, Imbali Safari Lodge in Kruger National Park, Kwafubesi Tented Camp and Safari Plains in Mabula Private Game Reserve Valid until 31st August 2024 and 1st April – 31st August 2025
5 Night Combination Packages
Spend 3 nights at The Cape Milner Hotel in Cape Town and 2 nights at Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge in Kruger National Park. The ideal South Africa holiday package which is so flexible. At the Cape Milner Hotel, you have a choice of either a Standard Room or a Luxury Room.
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge and Cape Milner Hotel with Standard Room Package
Per Person Sharing
Single
1st April – 31st August 2024
R20 920
R29 413
1st September – 27th December 2024
R25 304
R35 983
3rd January – 31st March 2025
R 25,147
R 37,084
1st April – 31st August 2025
R 21,221
R 31,217
1st September – 27th December 2025
R 26,047
R 38,438
Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodge and Cape Milner Hotel with Luxury Room Package
Per Person Sharing
Single
1st April – 31st August 2024
R22 000
R31 033
1st September – 27th December 2024
R27 404
R39 171
3rd January – 31st March 2025
R 27,212
R 40,243
1st April – 31st August 2025
R 22,409
R 32,996
1st September – 27th December 2025
R 28,353
R 41,949
Standard child policy is applicable Combination rates for groups available on request Rates include VAT at 15% Rates exclude transfers, conservation levy or gate entry fee for the lodges and other standard exclusions
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