Hotel Jackalberry Lodge (Thornybush Game Reserve, South Africa)

Understated luxury under thatch encourages sensory indulgence which will put you back in touch with nature, ensuring a refreshing and uplifting stay. En suite bathrooms wrap you in luxury, with double basins, a shower and corner tub overlooking an environment teeming with game. An extra outdoor shower provides a novel way to freshen up, to the lyrical strains of the bushveld choir. The views from each Suite are superb and your private patio is the perfect place from which to submerge yourself in nature's harmony. You will have ample time to imbibe the sights, sounds and smells of the bush on twice daily game walks and drives, and while dining in the boma. Cuisine at Jackalberry is simply delicious, featuring local treats such as butternut soup, chakalaka, kudu burgers, boerewors and barbecued beef. Every evening, one of the rangers will enhance your dinner conversation with tales of their adventures in the South African bush, punctuated by the distant sounds of roaring lions and giggling hyenas. All the rooms are elegantly furnished with king-size beds and downy soft linen. The Family Suite has an extra bedroom with twin beds, while the Honeymoon Suite has a private lounge.