South Africa’s North West Province, is home to our Lodge located outside of Rustenburg, one and a half hours northwest of Johannesburg. You will fly into and clear customs in Johannesburg (OR Tambo International airport) and be picked up by one of our safari representatives. A 1,5 hours drive and you will arrive at Sable Hill Safari Lodge. 

The North West Province is slightly smaller than the US state of Pennsylvania. It’s the country’s fourth-smallest province, taking up 8.7% of South Africa’s land area and with a population of 3.5-million people. The landscape is largely flat regions of scattered trees and grassland. North West Province lies in the north of South Africa on the Botswana border, fringed by the Kalahari desert in the west, Gauteng province to the east, and the Free State to the south. It is known as the Platinum Province for the wealth of the metal it has underground. With a total area of 106,512 square kilometres,

The North West Province is sometimes referred to as ‘The Texas of South Africa‘, with an abundance of hunting opportunities, some of the largest cattle herds in the world, and successful mixed-crop farming operations that make the province the bread basket of the country. In addition to farming and agriculture, many landowners in the North West Province have been successful in managing their land for hunting operations through sustainable utilization.

In 1970, South Africa had an estimated population of 500,000 game animals, today the country has in excess of 20 million due to the economic opportunity created by managing populations for trophy hunting. Hunters are the true stewards of the land and are single-handily responsible for maintaining healthy and sustainable numbers of wild game in South Africa.