20/03/2023
C O M I N G S O O N
Due to high demand, our little piece of Marloth heaven is busy being prepped for holiday rentals ππ¦π¦
Welcome to Mapula, a private holiday house next door to Kruger National Park, located within the bush suburb of Marloth Park, where animals roam free (including leopard and lion, the latter who escape under the fences from Kruger.)
Mapula, meaning Mother of Rain, is the original name of our home. Derived from an old legendary tale, we found this name hanging lopsided on an old engraved plank of wood on our dirt road entrance. I vowed to keep the original name- before I even knew what it may have been! A frame found on the wall under the stairs explained the meaning for us- a beautiful tale of the birth of a baby during heavy rainfall which signalled the end of a drought- a reminder of good health, wealth and prosperity.
Our home was previously owned by three families prior to us, none of whom rented it out. The original family was a French family, and the masks on the kitchen walls are their collection that has been passed down.
Offering three bedrooms and three bathrooms (one en suite), an upstairs loft lounge, two balconies, two splash pools, an undercover patio, and a large fire pit boma, Mapula sleeps 6 in three bedrooms, and an additional 2 in single beds in the loft lounge as well as a sleeper couch for kids. The garden is unfenced and animals pass by daily- including zebra, kudu, warthog, wildebeest, giraffe, and bushbuck and bushbabies at night.
Mapula is located just 600m from the Kruger fence overlooking the Crocodile River. Here leopards and lions are seen almost daily, on the hunt.
NOTE-
Marloth Park is home to predators, and no walking or riding is permitted after 6pm and before 6am.