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.

Every year the South African Butler Academy (SABA) comes to Rhulani for one week and provides an inspirational and educational practice to our staff, which shapes what our guests experience when they stay with us. This year’s course took place mid of January, so that we laid an important foundation for 2022.

We congratulate Tom-Hendrik Basson, Front of House employee at Rhulani Safari Lodge, for completing the “1st Virtual Butler Course”, carried out by the “South African Butler Academy” (SABA). Tom-Hendrik is part of the first group of students that just successfully graduated. Watch the TV program on eNCA.com.

News from our young ranger and «snake man» Martin: He recently found a snake in a bucket near our water tanks. A typical location for the dangerous puff adder. And it actually also looked like one…

Also this year, we were supported by the International South African Butler Academy (SABA) to consolidate our employees on the five star service standard. This time, the focus was on guest experiences, and a number of new signature services were introduced.

Rhulani Safari Lodge has recently started a new Community Project, by giving support to the “Andries Moseki Crèche” in the nearby village of Lekgophung. We are deeply convinced that this is the right project for us, to provide financial resources and active help over the next few years. But Rhulani‘s manager Carla Baasden tell us about how this collaboration came about.

Three months ago, a young couple joined Rhulani’s team: Sanmari and Martin. Maybe you’ve already heard Sanmari’s nice voice on the phone, or you have seen photos of our “Snake Man” Martin. Let’s get to know our new team members a bit better.

It is a pleasure to announce that Rhulani Safari Lodge’s spa therapist Valencia Mothibi has successfully completed a training course on Swedish Massage. She was awarded with a “Certificate of Competence” from the renowned Massage & Reflexology Institute “BalancingTouch”.

Funny everyday life stories from the bush: Rhulani’s Head Ranger Sean tells us a short anecdote from an April fool’s joke.

Funny everyday life stories from the bush: Rhulani’s ranger Alasdair tells us today about what happened after he took a bath in the nasty mud in sight of all his guests.