Time to go to bed after an eventful day. This is what Rolf is doing today in his blog. He reads us a bedtime story. As a guest of Rhulani, you will also find it on your pillow before you go to bed. It’s an African bush tale.

What a year is coming to an end! Hard to beat when it comes to events. Right from the start we feared for our future with the new Omicron virus, and who would have thought that we would still be able to end Christmas and the New Year with a full lodge and happy guests celebrating with us. Rhulani’s owner Rolf wishes you a Happy New Year.

Tonight the time has come: There will be a new FIFA Soccer World Champion. In Rhulani we followed this World Cup with our guests and are looking forward to an exciting final between Argentina and France.

Two months have passed since the glorious success at the 2022 World Luxury Hotel Awards (WLHA). We are still celebrating winning the title of “Best Luxury Bush Lodge - Global Winner”. We have just received the video from the organizers of the WLHA, on which Rhulani’s owner Rolf Steiner sends greetings and thanks from the gala ceremony to all our employees, friends, partners and family. Listen to it!

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Shade-Leigh Wepener and Sean Townsend to the management team of Rhulani Safari Lodge. Both have many years of successful experience in the safari business and are well-known in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Accompanied by the joy of our guests as well as the employees, we are opening now a new chapter in Rhulani’s story.

We’ve done it again: The annual evaluation by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) reveals that we continue to be solidly positioned in the 5-star category. The report specifically mentions how well we have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic and how a dedicated management team continues to strive for service excellence, making everyone’s visit memorable.

In every safari lodge there is a curio shop. This is also the case in Rhulani, and we have a very nice one. It is located in the middle of the main area, right next to the swimming pool. Our Front of House employee Kyla is giving us a tour today.

Madikwe Game Reserve has just announced that the Guest Conservation Contribution - formerly known as «Conservation Levy» - will be adjusted effective 1 March 2023. The new daily fee will be ZAR 190 for adults and ZAR 95 for children younger than 12 years.

The starry sky can probably nowhere be observed as clearly and wonderfully as here, far away from a big city and light pollution. In today’s blog we take you on a short lesson with Daniel, who uses a laser and telescope to introduce us to an evening activity at Rhulani: star gazing.

A few days ago, Rhulani Safari Lodge managed to celebrate a great success at the “World Luxury Hotel Awards”. Rhulani’s owner Rolf received the award for the world’s best Luury Bush Lodge at the Gala Ceremony in Antalya/Turkey. Here are some impressions from a great event and some thoughts on what this award means for Rhulani.