Lush Private Lodge
Family-run lodge with eight suites · The private reserve on the western side · Lupini family
Top-end
Inside the park
Owner-run
An eight-suite lodge on the private reserve on the western side, owned and run by the Lupini family. Its own site publishes the 2026 rate: R7,350 a person sharing with all meals, selected drinks and two game drives a day, or R117,600 a night for exclusive use by up to 16 guests. As on the rest of the reserve, game viewing is guided only, on the lodge's own vehicles. Agent portals still carry 2021 prices with a R100 reserve entry fee, which no longer apply. Choose it for a family-run lodge with drinks included, or for a group booking the whole place; skip it if you want to self-drive.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Family owned and run
- All meals, selected drinks and two drives in one rate
- A current rate on the lodge's own site
- Exclusive use for groups of up to 16
Cons
- Guided only: no self-driving into the park
- Agent pages show stale 2021 prices
- Exclusive use costs R117,600 a night
- No published child policy in our sources
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
We could not reach a website for Lush Private 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 Lush Private Lodge
From $449 pppn. Own site, read 24 Sep 2026: R7,350 (about $449) per person sharing, with all meals, selected drinks and two game drives a day. Exclusive use of the whole lodge for up to 16 guests is R117,600 ($7,188) a night. Agent pages still show 2021 rates (R5,200) and a misdated 2026 rate period; ignore them. Most lodges on the private reserve say the park conservation fee is in their rate; confirm it and VAT with the lodge. Rand at R16.36 to the dollar.
All inclusive. The rate covers meals, drinks, activities and the transfers named below. Park fees are charged separately.
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 Lush Private Lodge
What does Lush Private Lodge cost?
R7,350 a person sharing a night on the lodge's own site, read in September 2026, with all meals, selected drinks and two game drives. The whole lodge for up to 16 is R117,600 a night. Older agent figures of R5,200 date from 2021.
Who owns Lush Private Lodge?
The Lupini family, who also run it. It is one of about ten owner-run lodges on the private reserve on the western side.
Is Lush good for families?
Exclusive use for up to 16 makes it workable for an extended family. We found no published child policy, so ask about ages on game drives before you book.