From Johannesburg, it is a one hour flight due North-West on a 6-seater airplane into Madikwe Game Reserve and a warm welcome from the lodge manager, Philip who heads up the team and has been with Mateya for 8 years. My interaction with Joanne, Christine and Connie was great, all very helpful and attentive. My private, experienced ranger guide and... More

We have recently been the very fortunate people to be invited to share 4 days with English friends at Mateya Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Our guide, Francois, was superb. Together with Divine, the tracker, our bush experience was as good as it gets - & we have had many of those. The staff at the lodge were incredibly... More

My family and I stayed here and just loved it! The service was great and the room are amazing with their own private pools over looking the reserve. We loved our private game drives where our guides were able to answer all our questions and we saw many animals. We especially liked the dinners because each night we had a... More

My wife and I recently stayed at Mateya Lodge in Madikwe Game Reserve This is one of the best I have stayed in. Fabulous spacious rooms with a private plunge pool, great food and our guide, Werner was amazing. He and his tracker, Paul make a great team! All the staff were very friendly and the service was superb.

it is my 4 visit to Mateya Safari lodge.I couldn’t imagine in my dreams that this place exist . The place is spectacle the rooms are un believable they thought of every little thing. The food staff are incredible . and of course the best game view ever. I hope I will come back soon

Our first time to South Africa and staying at a safari lodge. I am envious of the last reviewer who spent 5 days at Mateya. I wish we had! We only spent two nights here which was truly too short. I would strongly suggest staying at least 3 nights. The food was wonderful, the staff awesome AND an amazing variety... More

Straight up, we had an amazing time here, who can complain with amazing anaiml sightings, secluded luxury in the African bush, fabulous staff and more food than you could imagine. We spent 5 days here and experienced sensational game viewing. Mateya itself is a lodge for a maximum of 10 people and the superb part is that a maximum of... More

This was our second visit to Madikwe Game Reserve, having visited 4 years' ago at a different lodge. Mateya lodge is opulent and extravagant, with a mind-boggling array of African artifcats and art. Each suite is thoughtfully furnished and is perfectly attended to by the household staff and together with a daily laundry service, we were absolutely spoilt. Tables are... More

We have stayed in a number of lodges throughout Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, Zambia and South Africa, and Mateya is hands down the best resort so far. We were there just after the school holidays and found ourselves utterly spoilt as the only two guests with the entire place to ourselves. (Mind you, there are only five rooms, and it is... More