Morokolo Safari Lodge
Self-catering suites with guided drives · The private reserve on the western side, northern slopes · Morokolo Safari Lodge (private)
Mid-range
Inside the park
Owner-run
A small privately owned lodge on the northern slopes of the private reserve on the western side: four suites that can be taken together as one self-catering lodge for up to eight, plus an executive suite, ten guests in all. You cook, and two guided game drives a day are included; as everywhere on the reserve, there is no self-driving into the park. Prices are the most confused in our list. The lodge's own undated page gives R3,250 a night for the Executive Suite for two and R10,500 for the lodge, while an agent quotes R6,650 and R17,750 for the coming season. Choose it for a group that wants its own kitchen; skip it until you hold a written rate.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Two guided game drives a day included with self-catering
- Whole-lodge rental for up to eight
- The lodge's own suite rate works out low per person
- On the northern slopes of the private reserve
Cons
- The lodge's rates are undated and an agent quotes far more
- You cook all meals yourself
- Guided only: no self-driving into the park
- No published child policy in our sources
What's here
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
We could not reach a website for Morokolo Safari 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 Morokolo Safari Lodge
From $199 per suite for two. Own site, undated, read 24 Sep 2026: Executive Suite R3,250 (about $199) a night for two; the whole four-suite lodge R10,500 ($642) a night for up to 8; both self-catering with two game drives a day. An agent quotes much higher figures for September 2026 to April 2027: R17,750 ($1,085) for the lodge and R6,650 ($406) for the suite. The two sources conflict, so get a written quote. 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.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
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 Morokolo Safari Lodge
How much does Morokolo Safari Lodge cost?
The lodge's own page, with no year on it, gives R3,250 a night for the Executive Suite for two and R10,500 for the whole four-suite lodge. An agent quotes R6,650 and R17,750 for September 2026 to April 2027. Ask the lodge for a written 2026 quote before you pay.
Is Morokolo self-catering?
Yes. Both the suite and the whole lodge are self-catering, with two guided game drives a day included. Bring or buy your groceries before you reach the reserve gate off the R565.
Can you self-drive in the park from Morokolo?
No. The private reserve on the western side is guided only. Your game viewing is on the lodge's two daily drives.