Arathusa Safari Lodge
Air-conditioned suites, full-service safari lodge · Northern sector, served by Gowrie Gate. Independently owned, not part of any group. · Arathusa Safari Lodge
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Mid-range
Inside the park
Owner-run
Arathusa sits in the reserve's northern sector, through Gowrie Gate, and unlike most of its neighbours it prices on one flat rate rather than seasonal bands: R11,500 per person sharing in 2026, R12,950 in 2027, VAT included. That covers two daily game drives, guided walks and a house drinks selection. It does not cover Sabi Sand's gate fees or Arathusa's own conservation levy, which runs R310 per person per night in 2026 and R328.80 in 2027. The lodge does not publish its own traversing figure, only that its land borders Kruger through the open boundary.
Why you'd pick it
- Prices at one flat rate all year rather than in seasonal bands
- Own conservation levy of R310 per person per night in 2026, separate from the reserve's Guest Conservation Contribution
- Two game drives a day plus guided bush walks, with a house selection of wine, beer and spirits included
Rates
From R11,500 pppn (2026). R11,500 per person sharing in 2026 (one flat rate, no seasonal bands), rising to R12,950 in 2027; VAT included. Converted at 1 USD = 17.6 ZAR on 16 September 2026: about $653 (2026) and $736 (2027). On top of that, Arathusa charges its own conservation levy of R310 per person per night in 2026, R328.80 in 2027, plus Sabi Sand gate fees at Gowrie Gate.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates and fees come from each lodge's own website, read 16 September 2026, cross-checked against the Sabi Sand Wildtuin's own published Guest Conservation Contribution and access fees at sabisand.co.za (the landowners' association, spelled without an 's') and against a reserve overview compiled the same day. Two booking-agent microsites, sabisands.com and sabisands.co.za (both spelled with an 's', unrelated to the association), were checked for cross-reference only and are not used as a source for any rate or levy figure. Ulusaba's own site quotes no nightly rate for its three lodges, so those are recorded as rates on request. Sabi Sabi and MalaMala are not on the Sabi Sand Wildtuin's own lodge list, and neither states whether the reserve's own conservation contribution applies to a stay there; both maintain their own separate levy or none at all, as noted lodge by lodge.