5 Reasons Why Mjejane Game Reserve is one of the Best Game Reserves Bordering The Kruger National Park

1.Affordable luxury access to experience your own part of the ‘Private Game Reserve’ Kruger National Park

At Jacana River Lodge, you can book a 5-Star 5 bedroom luxury home next the Crocodile River providing you direct access to the ‘private game reserve experience’ and Big 5 viewing at a rate that compares favourably to other well-known private game reserves in the Greater Kruger Park.

2. 11 Kilometres of river frontage – a wildlife draw-card

The lazy brown Crocodile River forms an 11km long boundary of Mjejane Game Reserve shared with the Kruger National Park, and this direct river-frontage offers spectacular animal viewing opportunities to visitors of the Mjejane. The aquatic habitat provided by the Crocodile River also hosts hippo and crocodile and forms part of the life cycle of an amazing array of birds and insect life, which is a serious drawcard for birders.

3. Private Bridge Access

Mjejane Game Reserve is the only Private Game Reserve in South Africa that connects with a low-level bridge to the Kruger National Park which is for the use of the private game reserve visitors exclusively.

4. Lion-density

Recent reports show a high-predator count in the Mjejane that would excite any would-be game watcher. The lion pride that stalks the reserve is known for its buffalo hunting capabilities and the interaction between these two members of the Big 5 is a drawcard for many tourists to the Mjejane. With the antelope heading to evergreen watercourses, their predators are soon to follow and Mjejane has ample game safari opportunities to catch the big cats stalking their prey.

5. A birders' escape

The tranquillity of a private game reserve and the fact that Mjejane is separated from the hustle and bustle of Kruger’s tourist highways is often what makes the experience of wildlife viewing in the Mjejane, and especially its birding opportunies, so enticing. The respect with which animals are treated by the residents and tourists in Mjejane has caused the animals to become more willing to inch a little closer, and not be so skittish as in other places, therefore allowing a more intimate experience when man and nature brush shoulders. Check out our Guide to the Birds of Mjejane Game Reserve.