MOSETLHA BUSH CAMP
Games in Sandton

This magnificent malaria free area offers you the opportunity to experience the magic of the Big Five and a true safari adventure. This community involvement thinking was something of breakthrough in the early 1990's when Madikwe was formed, and has served as a template for other game reserves to work from. It has also ensured a healthily inflated local employment rate in Madikwe. The Madikwe area is steeped in history and tradition. Today Madikwe is regarded as one of the finest conservation areas in Africa and has taken its place as South Africa's top wildlife and game viewing destination. Offers educational interpretive programs to both its employees and tourists about the surrounding natural and cultural environments. Provides for careful handling and disposal of solid waste and sewage. Meets its energy needs through passive design and renewable energy resources. Blends with local physical and cultural environment through careful attention to form, landscaping and colour, as well as the use of local traditional architecture. Jonny, our Senior Field Guide, is the most experienced guide in this particular area. He was born here and grew up and played on the roads and farm lands that became Madikwe, he went to school in what is now the NWPB Head Office and Conference Rooms. Our lovely lady ranger started with us last year and is now fully qualified, up and running and wowing her guests with herknowledge, sense of fun and humour and great way with people. Mosetlha is owned and managed by Chris and June Lucas and their daughter, Caroline. Qualified as a Civil Engineer (Cambridge 1965), he ran a successful Project Management company towards the end of his career and retired early to enjoy his little spot in Madikwe. Chris' thing is most definitely the morning bush walks where his knowledge, expertise, patience and ability to make the little things in the bush come alive for you, is unsurpassable. Chris started the Environmental Training Group in Mosetlha kicked off as a weekend only operation, accommodating eight guests from midday on a Friday when field guides and guests all arrived together (with sleeping bags and mattresses for the two dormitory style cabins), enjoyed the magic of Madikwe for a couple of days and closed down Camp and departed along with guests at midday on the Sunday. Her dad drove her to the Camp in a huge truck, she came in and asked for a job, and she never left! When she went on maternity leave (and produced a beautiful little boy, Jonathan), she sent her friend, Fran, to fill in for her. Fran proved to be such a star, we had to offer her a permanent position too. Nurse and Fran run the kitchen with iron fists, and are also responsible for all housekeeping duties, making sure the cabins and facilities are properly made up and spotless. Rosie is currently on maternity leave having just given birth to a baby girl. These three are the macho side of the Housekeeping Team. They ensure that the Camp is always looking its best, wood is chopped for the fire, water is collected daily for the bowsers, the laundry is delivered to the local farmer, the fridge is stocked with drinks, the rubbish is burned, the (over 150!)