Mdluli Safari Lodge
Large tented lodge with a self-drive package · Community contractual land off the Numbi Gate road, near Pretoriuskop · Mdluli Safari Lodge
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Mid-range
Inside the park
Community or local
A 50-tent lodge on community land in the south-west of Kruger, reached by a signposted private road off the Numbi Gate road, not far from Pretoriuskop. The lodge says it sits directly within Kruger's fenceline, unlike lodges in the private reserves on the border, and tells a land-reform story without naming its operator. It sells three packages, all with breakfast and dinner: self-drive, one drive added, or all meals with two drives a day. Children up to 6 stay and eat free, under-12s pay half. Choose it if you want to self-drive from a serviced tent; ask for the package rate, since none was published.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Self-drive package from inside the fence
- Children up to 6 free, under-12s half price
- Drives and walks priced openly
- Near Numbi Gate and Pretoriuskop
Cons
- No published package rate
- Community and anti-poaching levies extra
- Operator not named
- Conservation fees extra
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
Read from Mdluli Safari Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Kruger National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryR602 per international adult per day at USD 1 = ZAR 16.65 (6 Oct 2026); R692, about $42, from 1 Nov 2026.
- $36per person, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults pay $216 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
SANParks charges no vehicle fee for private cars at Kruger.
Almost every private lodge inside Kruger excludes the SANParks conservation fee from its rate, so you pay it on top for each night.
The full fee schedule for Kruger National ParkRates at Mdluli Safari Lodge
Rates on request. No rand package rate captured: packages load in a booking engine. Published extras: Community Levy R56 and Anti-poaching Levy R55 per person over 12 per night; game drive R1,170 per adult and R900 per child aged 3 to 11; morning walk R1,320 (over 12, minimum four). VAT included. The lodge says the mandatory daily Kruger National Park conservation fees are excluded.
It depends which package you book. This camp sells more than one basis, from self-catering up to fully inclusive. The rates note says what each one covers.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked 6 October 2026 and converted at R16.65 to the US dollar (rate of that date); re-check before you book. SANParks does not print its unit rates online, so every SANParks figure here is a reseller rate from krugerpark.co.za (Siyabona Africa) for 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027, quoted per unit and shown per person for two sharing. Private lodge figures come from each lodge's own rate page unless the entry says reseller. The SANParks conservation fee is extra almost everywhere: R602 (about $36) per international adult per day until 31 October 2026, R692 (about $42) from 1 November 2026.
Questions about Mdluli Safari Lodge
Is Mdluli inside Kruger?
The lodge says it is located inside the south-western region of the Kruger National Park and sits directly within Kruger's fenceline, on community land reached from the Numbi Gate road.
What does Mdluli charge for children?
By the lodge's own policy, children from 0 to 6 stay and eat free, under-12s pay 50 percent of the sharing rate, and guests from 12 pay the full rate.
Can I self-drive from Mdluli?
Yes. One of its three packages is a self-drive package with breakfast and dinner; the other two add one drive, or all meals and two drives a day.