Venue:
Mziki Private Nature Reserve
Vaalkop Dam Area Rustenburg
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Vaalkop Dam Area Rustenburg
Times:
Booked guests only:
Check in: 1pm
Check out: 11am
Check in: 1pm
Check out: 11am
Cost:
Click here for rates and specials
Ages:
From Birth - All ages
Family Suite Special Offer Ending 28 Feb 2026!
2-Bedroom Family Suite - choose your family size:
- Family of 3: R 9 500 per night (min. 2-3 nights)
- Family of 4: R 10 500 per night (min. 2-3 nights)
(Non-refundable rate with immediate payment)
Includes:
- 3 meals per day and 2 safaris
- Junior Ranger course (6+ years)
- Complimentary archery, pellet shooting, board games, pool & beach volleyball
Booking details:
- Booking window: 20 Nov - 04 Dec
- Stay dates: 01 Dec 2025 - 28 Feb 2026 (excluding 21 Dec 2025 - 03 Jan 2026)
Mziki Safari Lodge, a personal, owner-managed lodge just 2 hours from Johannesburg, offering an ideal safari experience for families and first-time visitors alike.
Here's why guests from around the world choose Mziki:
- Conveniently located just 2 hours from Joburg - perfect for short or first-time stays
- Set on 6,000 hectares of private bushveld, teeming with wildlife (Big 5, excluding lion). Activities include game drives, complimentary archery, pellet shooting, outdoor volleyball. Fishing and spa treatments are extra activities.
- Recently introduced cheetah and sable antelope - exciting additions to our reserve
- Extremely child-friendly with all ages allowed on game drives, plus our popular Junior Ranger Programme (from 6+ ages), free of charge with min 2 nights stay.
- Newly rebuilt main lodge and 2-bedroom family suites - ideal for family comfort and relaxation
- Warm, personal hospitality where guests connect from all corners of the world
- Intimate, owner-run experience - no mass tourism, just genuine safari moments
Our range of accommodation options cater to every type of traveller. Regardless of if you are looking for somewhere for your honeymoon or a place for a family getaway, we'll have you covered.
- 2 bedroom family suite
- 1 bedroom garden chalet
- Superior rondavel
Mziki is one of the most family-friendly private game lodges around - children of all ages are welcome on our game drives. We've got baby cots and high chairs ready for you, and a babysitting service is available too. Our chef is happy to sort out smaller meals for little ones, and there's plenty to keep them entertained, like a wooden jungle gym, board games and colouring books.
- Large swimming pool
- Covered outdoor patio
- Indoor lounge with cosy fire place &
- TV facility
- Indoor dining area
- Floodlit watering hole
- Selous honesty bar
- Indoor and outdoor boma restaurant
- Archery
- Pellet shooting
- Mobile spa
- Curio shop
- Board games for young & old
- Library
- Meeting room
- Beach volley
Our Junior Ranger Course suits different ages and abilities, focusing on four main things: Survival Skills, Tracks & Signs, Navigation & Orientation and Animal Knowledge. It's great fun, packed with learning, and something that children, teenagers, and parents all really enjoy.
Enquire here
2-Bedroom Family Suite - choose your family size:
- Family of 3: R 9 500 per night (min. 2-3 nights)
- Family of 4: R 10 500 per night (min. 2-3 nights)
(Non-refundable rate with immediate payment)
Includes:
- 3 meals per day and 2 safaris
- Junior Ranger course (6+ years)
- Complimentary archery, pellet shooting, board games, pool & beach volleyball
Booking details:
- Booking window: 20 Nov - 04 Dec
- Stay dates: 01 Dec 2025 - 28 Feb 2026 (excluding 21 Dec 2025 - 03 Jan 2026)
Safari Lodge for Families with Amazing Activities for All
Mziki Safari Lodge, a personal, owner-managed lodge just 2 hours from Johannesburg, offering an ideal safari experience for families and first-time visitors alike.
Here's why guests from around the world choose Mziki:
- Conveniently located just 2 hours from Joburg - perfect for short or first-time stays
- Set on 6,000 hectares of private bushveld, teeming with wildlife (Big 5, excluding lion). Activities include game drives, complimentary archery, pellet shooting, outdoor volleyball. Fishing and spa treatments are extra activities.
- Recently introduced cheetah and sable antelope - exciting additions to our reserve
- Extremely child-friendly with all ages allowed on game drives, plus our popular Junior Ranger Programme (from 6+ ages), free of charge with min 2 nights stay.
- Newly rebuilt main lodge and 2-bedroom family suites - ideal for family comfort and relaxation
- Warm, personal hospitality where guests connect from all corners of the world
- Intimate, owner-run experience - no mass tourism, just genuine safari moments
Accommodation for Every Type of Traveller
Our range of accommodation options cater to every type of traveller. Regardless of if you are looking for somewhere for your honeymoon or a place for a family getaway, we'll have you covered.
- 2 bedroom family suite
- 1 bedroom garden chalet
- Superior rondavel
Mziki is one of the most family-friendly private game lodges around - children of all ages are welcome on our game drives. We've got baby cots and high chairs ready for you, and a babysitting service is available too. Our chef is happy to sort out smaller meals for little ones, and there's plenty to keep them entertained, like a wooden jungle gym, board games and colouring books.
Facilities
- Large swimming pool
- Covered outdoor patio
- Indoor lounge with cosy fire place &
- TV facility
- Indoor dining area
- Floodlit watering hole
- Selous honesty bar
- Indoor and outdoor boma restaurant
- Archery
- Pellet shooting
- Mobile spa
- Curio shop
- Board games for young & old
- Library
- Meeting room
- Beach volley
Junior Ranger Course
Our Junior Ranger Course suits different ages and abilities, focusing on four main things: Survival Skills, Tracks & Signs, Navigation & Orientation and Animal Knowledge. It's great fun, packed with learning, and something that children, teenagers, and parents all really enjoy.
Enquire here

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