The Marakele National Park is 67 000 ha and is set in the heart of the Waterberg, in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.  As it’s Tswana name suggests:  Marakele is a “Place of Sanctuary” and boasts an outstanding array of bird and wildlife species.  Its location is in a transitional zone between the dry western and moister eastern regions of South Africa.
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The Hunter Hotel group, the only concessionaire within the Marakele Contractual Park, has an agreement to build three lodges, of which one has already been built, and the other two are due to be built within the next 3 years. 

At the foot of the Waterberg Mountains in a mystical place situated in The Marakele Contractual Park, lies a beautiful tented lodge called Marataba.
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Marakele National Park, the Tswana name for ‘Place of Sanctuary’, was proclaimed in 1994 and was previously known as the Kransberg National Park, named after the mountain range.

The park is extremely scenic with a diversity varying from mountains, high cliffs, rolling hills, bushveld, plains, forests and wetland sponges.

Marakele Park was developed as a ‘Big 5& ... Read More

The Welgevonden Private Game Reserve is 34 200 hectares of privately owned land.  It is situated in the heart of the Waterberg, in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.  It was started as a conservation area in 1993, through a private sector initiative that resulted in the consolidation of numerous private farms.
 
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