Black rhino sanctuary
Inside-park stays and nearby lodges, sorted by distance.
Inside parkMosu Lodge is the main rest camp of Mokala National Park, set in the rolling thornveld and dolerite koppies south west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The camp looks out over a waterhole and the open plains beyond, and its name, meaning camel thorn in Setswana, reflects the acacia-studded country that defines this quiet, lesser-known park. Mokala is best known as a sanctuary for rare and endangered game. Roan and sable antelope, tsessebe, black and white rhino, buffalo and Cape mountain zebra are among the species protected here, moving across grassland and broken hill country that rewards slow, unhurried drives. The lodge offers comfortable chalets and a restaurant overlooking the waterhole, making it a relaxed base for a self-drive safari well off the busier tourist routes. The wide skies, gentle landscape and abundance of plains game give Mosu an easy, restorative character.
Manyoni Private Game Reserve is one of the largest privately-owned reserves in Kwazulu-Natal. This 23,000-hectare reserve is the product of 17 dedicated landowners who dropped their fences in 2004 to create one contiguous protected area for our wildlife. The selection of the area as a potential release site for the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project was a major driving factor in the establishment of Manyoni. In 2005, the newly established reserve was confirmed as a release site by the WWF and a founder population of black rhino were released into their new home.