Kalahari · South Africa · Malaria-free

Hunt the Kalahari. Rest like royalty.

46,000 acres of private wilderness, a lodge with its own airstrip, professional hunters, a full spa and four of the Big 5 at the waterhole.

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Most safaris make you choose: the hunt or the lodge, the bush or the spa. Jhonlin is one place that does all of it — fly in over camelthorn and red sand, track with a professional hunter in the morning, and be back for a massage before the sundowners are poured.

What you can hunt

Thirty-nine species.
One reserve.

From springbuck on the open pan to buffalo and lion at the thornveld edge. Scroll through, tap any animal for its photos and the calibre we recommend.

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Dangerous gameLion

Dangerous gameCape buffalo

Spiral horns & big plains gameKudu

Spiral horns & big plains gameSable

Spiral horns & big plains gameEland

Spiral horns & big plains gameGemsbuck (oryx)

Spiral horns & big plains gameNyala

Spiral horns & big plains gameRoan

Dangerous gameLeopard

Dangerous gameElephant

Dangerous gameWhite rhinoceros

Spiral horns & big plains gameWaterbuck

Spiral horns & big plains gameRed lechwe

Spiral horns & big plains gameBlue wildebeest

Spiral horns & big plains gameBlack wildebeest

Smaller plains gameImpala

Spiral horns & big plains gameGiraffe

Smaller plains gameSpringbuck (white)

Smaller plains gameWarthog All 39 speciesBrowse the full list →

The full experience

Four reasons people fly here.
One reason they come back.

Hunt

Plains and dangerous game with professional hunters, custom Land Cruisers and bow blinds over water.

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The lodge pool deck and fire pit at dusk

Stay

Thatched suites, a bar over the waterhole, a billiard table and a pool under the Kalahari sky.

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Spa

A fully equipped spa for the hours between the hunt and the fire — or for the days you never leave the lodge.

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Safari

Four of the Big 5 and some forty species on the reserve. Game drives, sunset drives and the waterhole from your chair.

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A day at Jhonlin

From the first coffee
to the last ember.

05:30
Coffee at first light

Your PH is already at the Cruiser. The sand is cold, the rifle is checked, the day is yours.
06:30
The hunt

Tracking on foot, glassing from the vehicle, or sitting in a bow blind over water. Fair chase, every time.
12:30
Bush lunch

A table under the camelthorns, a braai on the coals, and a chair in the shade.
15:00
Spa, pool or game drive

The afternoon belongs to you — or to the observer who came for the lodge.
18:00
Sundowners at the waterhole

The bar looks over the water. The game comes to drink. The sun does the rest.

Aerial view of the lodge in the Kalahari at dusk

“Where every shot is a story, and every story is an adventure.”

Aerial view of the lodge among camelthorn trees

Arrive by air

Our own airstrip, right behind the lodge

Jhonlin keeps a Cessna 206 for transfers — four passengers and light luggage, straight from Lanseria to the dirt strip behind the lodge. Larger groups charter in. If you'd rather drive, Johannesburg is six hours by road and we'll arrange the vehicle.

4seats in the Cessna 206
6 hby road from Johannesburg
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Hunting packages

Fixed price. Five days.
Everything in.

Every package: 5-day hunt · 1 hunter + 1 observer · all inclusive · USD

Starter

Warthog · Springbuck · Blesbuck · Impala

$3,900

Plains

Gemsbuck · Blue wildebeest · Black wildebeest · Red hartebeest

$5,900

Spiral

Eland bull · Kudu bull · Nyala bull

$7,900

Buffalo & Lion

Cape buffalo · Lion

$19,500

The lodge

Thatch, stone and a long view of the water

Individually decorated suites with en-suite bathrooms, a dining hall under a wrought-iron chandelier, a bar built over the waterhole and a spa down the corridor. Rooms sleep two to eight, so families and hunting parties fit without squeezing.

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