![The thing about Marakapula Reserve is that it pretty much has it all. On the doorstep of the Kruger National Park with exclusive guided tours or self-drive adventures on the menu; a luxury lodge with private riverfront views and creature comforts you can’t live without; and its own Big 5 property that is home to all sorts of wonderful members of the wild! […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/waterbuck-baby-marakapula-370x275.jpg "From Lizards to Lions and Everything in Between")
From Lizards to Lions and Everything in Between
The thing about Marakapula Reserve is that it pretty much has it all. On the doorstep of the Kruger National Park with exclusive guided tours or self-drive adventures on the menu; a luxury lodge with private[…]
![Marakapula is no ordinary game reserve. It is land that is owned by the local Mashishimale Community, and has been converted from overfarmed cattle grounds into 20 000 hectares of pristine, Big 5 territory. It’s location near the Kruger Park, the Blyde River Canyon, the Panorama Route, and the Olifants River means that guests here […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lodge1-makubu-kevinmaclaughlin-370x275.png "Birding, fishing, and walking safaris at Marakapula")
![You know you’re winning when you’re on safari in a Big 5 private reserve of almost 20 000 hectares, but when you’ve got the option to expand your horizons and also visit one of the most prestigious game parks in Africa, you know you’ve hit the jackpot. Only a 20 minute drive from one wildlife […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/spekestortoise-kevinmaclaughlin-370x275.png "Marakapula to Kruger")
![Just a short drive in a straight line from the Phalaborwa gate of the Kruger National Park lies the Marakapula Reserve. A Big 5 community-owned game reserve characterised by giant boulder hills, wild fig trees, and the Selati River, which courses through the property in its great, surging mass. On my first game drive […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sunset-marakapula-chloe-370x275.png "The Magic of Marakapula")