Safari Encore is an optional two-night extension that transforms your departure into a destination with spa time and an immersive, South African farm-to-table cooking session. Leave feeling fully immersed, not rushed.
The Safari Encore includes a Hippo Lakes behind-the-scenes tour, a hands-on South African cooking experience, and more intimate game drives with fewer guests and a slower pace. Massages and a complimentary bottle of wine on the final evening bring the journey to a thoughtful close.
The Safari Encore adds two nights and a carefully chosen set of experiences designed to take your stay deeper into the culture, the land, and the pace of the Waterberg.
Step behind the kitchen and into the land that feeds it. Walk Hippo Lakes’ vegetable tunnels, meet the team that tends them, and see firsthand how the lodge’s farm-to-table philosophy takes root in the soil of the bushveld.
In this hands-on session, you’ll learn the techniques and flavors behind traditional South African cooking, guided by Hippo Lakes’ culinary team, using ingredients harvested steps from where you’re standing.
A 45-minute massage for two at the Hippo Lakes Spa, timed for the afternoon before your final evening in the bush. The reserve demands presence. This is where you exhale.
Your last night in the Waterberg deserves a proper send-off. A carefully chosen bottle of wine, a table set with intention, and the hills fading to dark around you. No agenda. Just the evening.
The night drive takes guests out after dark when the reserve takes on an entirely different character.
