Jembisa is an idyllic country house safari lodge within it's own private game reserve at the heart of the beautiful Waterberg Plateau in the northern Limpopo Province of South Africa.
The Waterberg is celebrated for it's scenery and wildlife and has been designated an international biosphere by Unesco and the reserve is a beautiful unspoilt wilderness of rivers, cliffs, gorges, woodland and open savanna that has been preserved through careful conservation management. The rugged landscape provides a wide variety of habitats, resulting in a high diversity of plant and animal species. Sightings of white rhino, giraffe, hippopotamus, Livingstone's eland, kudu, zebra, blue wildebeest, bushbuck, impala and crocodile are common. On night drives, bushbabies, porcupines, aardvark, caracals, leopards and brown hyenas can be encountered.
Built originally as a family home Jembisa has a wonderful atmosphere of relaxation and comfort. The lodge is built from local stone and thatch with large, spacious rooms decorated with natural materials in an Afro-colonial style. There are 5 luxury en-suite bedrooms and a single / childrens bunk room across two wings of the house,and all the bathrooms have both a shower and a bath. Jembisa also has the benefits of added extras not usually found at safari lodges, for example a library, reading room and a games room - whether you wish to relax in style or be more active, there are a host of options available at Jembisa - take a dip in the natural saltwater pool, play a game of tennis on the floodlit court or for extra relaxation opt for a massage either in the privacy of your bedroom or on the secluded deck overlooking the river.
Game drives are in 4x4 open land-rovers with highly trained and experienced rangers. Night drives provide the opportunity of seeing the nocturnal animals such as leopard, brown hyena, aardvark, civet cats and porcupines. Bush walks are always fascinating and guests may experience the thrill of walking with rhino. There is an option of camping out for a night under canvas, getting closer to nature and waking with the African dawn. Visit Bushman Paintings and Archaeological sites, the reserve has been home to many peoples over time and there are Stone Age, early and late Iron Age sites and bushman paintings.
