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September 3 2010
Hotels

Molori Milord

By Greg Sacks

Africa, South Africa, Madikwe

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It is rare that I am at a loss for words, but there is little I can say about Molori that would do the experience justice. Instead I'll take a reductionist approach—a definitive statement to drive home the point. Molori is without doubt the most luxurious safari lodge in Africa.

I could wax poetic about the extraordinary management team, the guiding, the food and the lodge design, but I'd inevitably trip over my superlatives, slather on the fromage and bumble like a boy with a crush. Better you take a peek at the video below, touring one of the rooms, and imagine that everything (and I mean everything) at Molori is this staggeringly, overwhelmingly good.

Molori ("to dream" in the local Tswana tongue) was originally built as a private home in South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve, with just five rooms and a staff of 44. No company could ever achieve this level of perfection—Molori is not a product, and in terms of detail I've never met its match. Think of it as a private bush retreat rather than a safari lodge—the ultimate place to relax and be inspired.



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