Word soon got out that this was the perfect way to commune with Africa

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Privacy. Exclusivity. Space. Three luxurious sole-use villas, privately located within malaria-free Madikwe – prime Big 5- Top 10 territory. With each villa offering its own chef, butler, manager, game ranger and tracker, all devoted entirely to you and your chosen guests, the Morukuru Family is there to make your every wish come true.

Spurning the usual 18 to 24-bed luxury camp model, they built just two bush villas – The Lodge and Owner’s House – both totally private yet enjoying similarly superb locations on the banks of the Marico River. The Lodge sleeps a total of 10 in three large en-suite bedrooms, each with their own fireplace and tree-shaded deck, and a kids’ room (complete with TV, DVD and internet access) that accommodates four junior guests.

The more intimate Owner’s House sleeps four in two en-suite bedrooms. Both provide guests (whether 1 or 10) with all the comforts of home – your own kitchen, dining room, lounge, large pool and comfortably furnished decks. Better still, each lodge comes with its own safari guide, tracker, chef, butler and, if required, nanny – allowing you to truly set your own pace.

Word soon got out that this was the perfect way to commune with Africa; alone, the only human presence people handpicked by you. Staff presence at Morukuru is discreet; should you wish to be completely alone, you need only say. The idea is not that you are a guest, but that you are – for the duration of your stay – the owner of this bush paradise. The unqualified success of Morukuru The Lodge and Owner’s House led to the development of the five-suite Farm House a few years later.

 

While The Lodge and Owner’s House are within walking distance of each other and can therefore be utilised by a large party who want to be together yet separate, this cool, spacious home is located in an utterly private location. With a gorgeous pool set in sprawling green lawns, the more rustic-chic ethos of the Farm House makes this the ideal destination for an extended family or group of friends who want unpretentious barefoot elegance, in a house that encourages gathering as well as private reverie. This vision, of combining family bonding with personal privacy, is at the heart of Morukuru, and central to this is how the junior guests are treated.