Balule · Off-grid tents
Bundox Explorer Camp
Four solar-powered double tents in the Olifants West Nature Reserve in Balule, with an underground hide beside the waterhole and the whole camp bookable for eight guests.
From R4 595 pp / night sharing
Balule · Waterhole tents
Khanya Tented Camp
Canvas tents beside an active waterhole, two game drives a day and hands-on conservation work with the camp's team.
FromR3 540pp / night sharing
The lodge
Nine solar-powered Luxe and Meru safari tents beside a waterhole in the Olifants View Nature Reserve in northern Balule, with hands-on conservation work alongside the game drives.
Khanya Tented Camp is a rustic, conservation-focused safari camp in the Olifants View Nature Reserve, in northern Balule within the Big Five country of the Greater Kruger. Its nine canvas tents, five Luxe Safari Tents and four Meru Safari Tents, have en-suite bathrooms and solar-powered electricity. The camp is set beside an active waterhole, and the main area has two lounges, a dining area with an open kitchen, a plunge pool overlooking the waterhole and Wi-Fi.
Each day has a morning game drive with a coffee stop in the bush and an afternoon drive with a sundowner stop, and evenings end around the boma fire. Guests can also join the camp's team in hands-on conservation work, such as wildlife monitoring. A guided bush walk, a stargazing sleep-out and a boat cruise on the Olifants River can be added at extra cost. The camp runs on solar power alone, so hairdryers cannot be used.
Highlights
- Plunge pool overlooking an active waterhole
- Hands-on conservation work with the camp's team
- Coffee and sundowner stops on two daily drives
- Optional boat cruise on the Olifants River
- Evenings around a traditional boma fire
In pictures
A look inside
Your stay
Where you sleep, how you spend the days
Accommodation
- Five Luxe Safari Tents and four Meru Safari Tents.
Activities
- Morning game drive with a coffee stop (coffee, tea and rusks)
- Conservation work with the camp's team (included)
- Afternoon game drive with a sundowner stop (one drink and snacks)
- Morning bush walk (extra: R2 180 per person, book 30 days ahead; 16 and over only)
- Olifants River boat cruise (extra: R1 080 per person; private boat R10 780)
- Stargazing sleep-out (extra: R4 180 per person a night, for two guests or more)
The fine print
What your rate covers
Included
- Full board: breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Coffee station, table juice and water
- Morning game drive with coffee stop and afternoon game drive with sundowner stop (two drives daily)
- Conservation activity
- Welcome drink
- Daily housekeeping
- Secure parking at Grietjie Balule entrance gate and transfer from the gate to camp
- Wi-Fi in the main area (connectivity can be limited)
Not included
- Conservation levy, R435 per person, once per stay
- Bed levy, R250 per person a night
- Airport transfers (from Hoedspruit, R985 per person each way)
- All bar bills
- Telephone calls, shop purchases, laundry
- Gratuities
Good to know
- Guests 16 and over; younger children only when the camp is booked exclusively, with ages 4 to 12 at half the adult rate
- Camp is semi-fenced
- Single rates in 2026: R8 010 a night in a Luxe tent, R5 310 in a Meru tent
- The camp runs on solar power only, so hairdryers cannot be used.
Getting there
Finding your way to the bush
Routes and transfers
- In the Olifants View Nature Reserve in northern Balule, Greater Kruger
- The gate is about 21 km from Phalaborwa and about 60 km from Hoedspruit
- Hoedspruit Eastgate Airport is about an hour by road from the gate; a transfer costs R985 per person each way (2026)
- Guests park securely at Grietjie Balule entrance gate and are transferred to camp
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