Buhala Lodge

Location & Setting

The river frontage provides regular sightings of elephants, hippos, and plains game from the deck, while easy access to the gate makes this a practical base for guided game drives, Panorama Route excursions, and regional outings.

Rooms

Buhala’s 18 rooms and suites all have en-suite bathrooms and tea and coffee facilities. There are 8 Classic Rooms, 3 Kruger Park River Rooms and 5 Kruger Park Balcony Rooms looking across the water, and 2 Elephant Suites, each with an outdoor shower and a private plunge pool.

Facilities

Guests enjoy a dining room and outdoor seating areas that pair well with regional South African wines, treatments at the Bush Spa, and landscaped grounds suitable for short walks and casual birding. The team can arrange full-day Kruger drives, Panorama Route sightseeing, and tee times at Leopard Creek by prior request.

Buhala stands outside the park fence, which shapes what is on offer. Game drives inside Kruger keep to the park’s roads and gate times, and the night drives and bush walks are run by SANParks rangers from Malelane Gate, a few minutes away. The Crocodile River marks the park’s southern boundary here, and from the lodge deck it is common to watch elephant and buffalo drink on the far bank while hippo grunt in the pools below.