Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
For a five-star safari
The Molelo Suite at the Molori Safari Lodge (All photographs courtesy of the Molori Safari Lodge)
An alfresco dining site at the Molori Safari Lodge
The main pool at the Molori Safari Lodge
Where to Stay
If Out of Africa author Karen Blixen had collaborated with design god Philippe Starck, they might have conjured the Molori Safari Lodge. At this luxe resort in South Africa’s vast Madikwe Game Reserve, newlyweds are as likely to bump into a lioness as a Fendi lounger. Five outrageously glam villas feature floor-to-ceiling retractable glass walls, private decks, infinity pools, outdoor showers, Boffi furnishings and intimate alfresco dining areas, so couples can sup where the wild things are. From $2,800 per night. 27 14778 8000, molori.co.za/safari.
Where to Eat
Breakfast with the elephants on the Star Deck: adorned with Dedon daybeds, it overlooks the watering hole, a popular meeting place for local Babars. Dinner menus draw on Molori’s organic garden and South African wines; traditional South African braai (barbecues) might include curried springbok, oxtail potje, and lavender-lime frozen yogurt on grape-gooseberry salsa. If nothing on the menu entices, the chefs will custom-design meals.
What to Do
The 185,000-acre reserve is home to lions, elephants, cheetahs, leopards, hippos, and black and white rhinos, among other creatures. The staff offer game drives at dawn and dusk. Adventuresome couples can also learn how to bush-track on guided safari walks, getting closer to, say, leopards than one might think possible (or prudent). At nightfall, before slipping between the zillion-thread-count sheets, guests can stargaze together under glittering skies at Molori’s observatory, which has an ultra-powerful telescope, one of the largest in South Africa.
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