Dzombo Lodge
Five-room lodge · The private reserve on the western side · Mbazo Safari Collection
Top-end
Inside the park
Ownership unconfirmed
A five-room lodge on the private reserve on the western side, sold through the Mbazo Safari Collection website alongside Mbazo Safari Lodge. Who owns the group is not confirmed. The only rate is an agent's: R9,120 a person sharing with all meals and game drives, the highest per-person figure among the Pilanesberg lodges in our sources. Like its neighbours on the reserve, it is guided only. Choose it if you want one of the smallest lodges in the park and the price suits; skip it if you are comparing on value, since Tambuti and Umoya include similar drives for less.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Only five rooms
- Meals and game drives included
- On the private reserve inside the park fence
Cons
- The highest per-person rate in our list
- The only rate comes from an agent
- Guided only: no self-driving
- Ownership not confirmed
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
We could not reach a website for Dzombo Lodge, so this list is incomplete by definition. Ask them directly.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Pilanesberg National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryR748 per international adult per day at USD 1 = ZAR 16.36.
- $46per person, per day
- VehicleR168 per car per day, about $10.
- $10per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $306 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Guests at lodges inside the park usually pay the fee through the lodge; several private-reserve lodges include it in their rate.
The full fee schedule for Pilanesberg National ParkRates at Dzombo Lodge
From $557 pppn (reseller rate). Agent rate read 24 Sep 2026: R9,120 (about $557) per person sharing, all meals and game drives. Booked through the Mbazo site; no separate own rate in our source. Most lodges on the private reserve say the park conservation fee is in their rate; confirm it and VAT. Rand at R16.36 to the dollar.
Full board. Meals are included; drinks, activities and park fees are not.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked against our research of 24 September 2026 and converted at R16.36 to the dollar. Where a lodge publishes its own rate we use it with its date. The per-person figures for Ivory Tree, Shepherd's Tree, Kwa Maritane, Bakubung Bush Lodge, Tshukudu, Tsholo, Umoya, Mbazo and Dzombo are a named agent's or reseller's and say so; the guesthouses, The Kingdom and Tlou come from one Booking.com night (14 to 15 October 2026) or LekkeSlaap's list. The price filter and sort use per-person rates only: campsites, rooms, villas and whole lodges show their rate in the text but carry no sortable figure. The park conservation fee comes on top outside the gate: R748 per foreign adult, R168 per South African adult and R168 per car, per day since 1 December 2025, card only, and a new tariff could start on 1 December 2026.
Questions about Dzombo Lodge
What does Dzombo Lodge cost?
An agent quotes R9,120 a person sharing a night, with all meals and game drives. We found no separate rate on the lodge's own pages, which sit on the Mbazo site.
Is Dzombo the same as Mbazo?
No, they are two lodges in the same group, sold through mbazolodge.co.za. Dzombo has five rooms; Mbazo has three executive suites and two family chalets.
Is Dzombo good for families?
We found no published child policy. With five rooms and guided drives only, ask about minimum ages before booking.