Amava River Lodge

A tented safari adventure extraordinaire

Views. They’re something that turn an ordinary safari experience into something extraordinary, especially when they involve the unique combination of permanently flowing water slicing through a pristine African wilderness. At Amava River Lodge, the views over the omnipresent Olifants River create pure safari magic… This is unplugged Africa at its best!

AMAVA RIVER LODGE

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

Spacious Luxury Tentes with private pergolas, complete with wellness amenities, 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.

Amava River Lodge

Accommodation

Each of Amava River Lodge’s luxury tents features a private pergola complete with wellness amenities, creating a peaceful retreat after days spent exploring the Greater Kruger. The interiors combine neutral tones and organic materials, creating spaces that feel earthy yet refined.

Positioned to make the most of the lodge’s setting along the Olifants River, each tent brings guests closer to the surrounding wilderness while maintaining a strong sense of privacy and comfort.

Thoughtful details, handcrafted décor and dedicated wellness features create a stay centred on slowing down, reconnecting and experiencing the river landscape at your own pace. For travellers seeking a distinctive safari lodge in Greater Kruger, Amava combines its riverside location with private tented accommodation and a more wellness-led approach to staying in the wild.

Amava River Lodge

Experiences At one with the wilderness

Stillness is something truly special in the modern world. The ability to sit, quietly, and just “be” is all too rare and virtually impossible to achieve in an everyday, urban environment. Here in Africa, out in the “rough country” that inspired our brand name, the calm we so crave is all around us and switching off happens naturally.

At Amava River Lodge we’ve designed everything to encourage the art of “being” and finding peace in a storm-ridden world. Taking the calm energy of the river that flows quietly by, serenity is literally just a heartbeat away as you relax on the shady deck of your tent or cool off in the pool with its epic views over the Olifants. Exploring is just as effortless on morning and afternoon/evening game drives, connecting you to the heartbeat of Africa as you wind your way through breathtaking landscapes filled with wildlife, pausing here and there to absorb the magic of the wild. This is how we are supposed to be, and it’s waiting for you!

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.