Amava River Lodge

A tented safari adventure extraordinaire

Camp Highlights

Riverside Safari Sanctuary

Set on the banks of the Olifants River, Amava River Lodge offers a front-row seat to Africa’s wild beauty, with views that turn every moment into a scene worth remembering.

Unplugged Tranquility

Here, stillness and serenity come naturally. Whether lounging on your private deck or cooling off in the pool, peace flows as effortlessly as the river beside you.

Tented Elegance

Five spacious canvas suites combine natural textures with modern comfort — complete with king-size beds, en-suite bathrooms, and outdoor showers overlooking the river.

Sustainable by Nature

The lodge is fully solar-powered and designed to blend into its surroundings, offering an eco-conscious safari experience without compromise.

Accommodation

Experience the wild side of life

There are no hard and fast rules that define luxury when it comes to safari experiences. For us luxury comes in the form of uncomplicated, effortless surroundings that make you feel part of wild Africa rather than separated from it. Bundox Explorer Camp is a lesson in simplicity and its four double tents take their inspiration from a bygone era when less was definitely more.

Each has twin beds with sprung bases and comfortable divan-style mattresses, dressed in cool cotton sheets and lightweight duvets. Additional blankets are kept in a wooden kist for the cooler months and crisp winter nights. The camp is off-grid with a solar system that provides power in each tent, enabling you to recharge your devices and camera batteries as needed. A fan provides the perfect cooling breeze whenever you need it.

The en-suite bathrooms include a flushing toilet, single vanity unit with a basin and a shower with running cold water. Hot water is available on demand and is run through a bucket shower system that’s both effective and wonderfully sustainable.

Mosquito flaps allow the tents to remain secure but airy, providiImagine 5000ha of exclusive wilderness with eight kilometres of the beautiful Olifants River yours to explore at leisure, and at its heart an intimate safari camp with just five beautiful safari tents set next to the gently flowing waters. We’ve taken the dreams we’ve all had of the ultimate safari and made them a reality at Amava River Lodge, combining the best of our brand into a new benchmark of authentic safari excellence.

Each tent is an experience in its own right, with the ability to remove all barriers to the wilderness beyond, leaving only an imperceptible insect-proof mesh between you and wild Africa on the river-facing side.

Simple and elegant is the order of the day, with lots of space and light, kingsize beds, beautiful en-suite bathrooms with outdoor showers, flushing toilets and hot and cold running water, spacious decks overlooking the river and standing fans for maximum ventilation.

The style is Bundox’s trademark blend of natural, organic wood, classic canvas and clean, efficient, modern design, with impeccable taste, quality fixtures and fittings, cotton linen, textiles and soft furnishings. The result is flawless tented chic and absolute safari perfection.

Amenities

The sound of 100 years of history

This region of the South African Lowveld as a rich and vibrant history, filled with tales of adventure and intrigue as European settlement in this wild and remote wilderness began almost 200 years ago, thanks to the discovery of mineral wealth.



The occasional sound of a distant freight train echoing across the Balule nods to this pioneering period and helps us remember the visionaries who opened the South African Lowveld region to trade, building a railway line through the wilderness that runs all the way to Maputo on the Mozambican coast. It’s a past that has shaped our present and speaks to our future.