Helicopter transfers between local commercial airports and surrounding lodges.

Makanyi has an unfenced helicopter pad on the property.

All rates quoted are net and non-commissionable and subject to availability. As we use outsourced suppliers’, rates quoted are subject to change without notice. Please contact our reservations department for a quote.

We do not have dedicated driver, guide or pilot accommodation. Should overnight accommodation be required, a driver, guide or pilot can be accommodated in one of our guest suites at the standard guest rate. Subject to availability.

Please request written directions from the reservations team from any other location. GPS / Google Maps is not recommended as this will direct you on the wrong roads.

Johannesburg / Pretoria

• Take the N4 to Witbank.
• Take the Belfast off ramp (R33 / R540).
• Once in Belfast town, turn right into Voortrekker Street and continue straight to Dullstroom on R540.
• Drive straight through Dullstroom town and continue to Lydenburg.
• Once in Lydenburg turn left into Potgieter Street and continue straight to Ohrighstad on the R36.
• Drive straight through Ohrighstad and continue on R36 until it turns left to Tzaneen. DO NOT turn, but continue straight on R531 to Hoedspruit.
• In Hoedspruit, continue straight over the bridge crossing the train line to a four way stop.
• At the stop turn right and continue towards Bosbokrand / Bushbuckridge along the R40.
• 6/7km from Hoedspruit, note the Eastgate Airport sign on your left.
• At the sign, turn left.
• Drive ±15km until you reach Timbavati Private Nature Reserve Control Gate.
• At the entrance gate, you will be required to pay an entrance fee.
• Continue on for ±13 km, until you see a stone plinth with a Makanyi Lodge sign on your left, turn right at the sign.
• Continue on for ±17 km, until you see a stone plinth with a Makanyi Lodge sign in front of you, turn left at the sign.
• Follow signboards to the lodge for an additional 5km.

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

• At the turning circle leaving the airport, turn right.
• At the first stop street, turn left onto the Plaston Road, and drive straight.
• At the T-junction, turn right to White River. Once in White River, turn left at the second traffic light (at Ntt Toyota), then right at the first traffic light.
• Turn left onto the R40, and drive straight towards Hazyview.
• Drive straight through Hazyview town on the R40 and continue on to Bushbuckridge and Acornhoek.
• At the first traffic light when entring Hazyview, turn right onto the R40 passing Perry’s Bridge Trading Post and Hippo Hollow Country Estate on your left to Bushbuckridge.
• Drive through Bushbuckridge and Acornhoek while continuing on the R40 towards Hoedspruit.
• At the sign “Hoedspruit,” turn right and continue for approximately 17km.
• 8km before Hoedspruit turn right at the sign “Timbavati & East Gate Airport”.
• Drive ±15km until you reach Timbavati Private Nature Reserve Control Gate.
• At the entrance gate, you will be required to pay an entrance fee.
• Continue on for ±13 km, until you see a stone plinth with a Makanyi Lodge sign on your left, turn right at the sign.
• Continue on for ±17 km, until you see a stone plinth with a Makanyi Lodge sign in front of you, turn left at the sign.
• Follow signboards to the lodge for an additional 5km.

Sabi Sands Game Reserve (Shaw’s & Newington Gate)

• Once leaving from the Sabi Sand Reserve, turn right onto the R536 towards Hazyview.
• At the first traffic light when entering Hazyview, turn right on to the R40, passing Perry’s Bridge Trading Post and Hippo Hollow Country Estate on your left to Bushbuckridge.
• Drive through Bushbuckridge and Acornhoek while continuing on the R40 towards Hoedspruit.
• At the sign “Hoedspruit,” turn right and continue for approximately 17km.
• 8km before Hoedspruit turn right at the sign “Timbavati & East Gate Airport”.
• Drive ±15km until you reach Timbavati Private Nature Reserve Control Gate.
• At the entrance gate, you will be required to pay an entrance fee.
• Continue on for ±13 km, until you see a stone plinth with a Makanyi Lodge sign on your left, turn right at the sign.
• Continue on for ±17 km, until you see a stone plinth with a Makanyi Lodge sign in front of you, turn left at the sign.
• Follow signboards to the lodge for an additional 5km.