Where Wildlife roaming free on your doorstep…

Welcome to Athule/Rinkhals 

Family Accommodation

Athule@Rinkhals House is tucked away in central Marloth Park which lies within the beautiful bushveld and borders of the southern Kruger National Park. The lodge offers a wide range of game roaming around freely allowing incredible photo opportunities. You will be surrounded by a spectacle of wild sounds, smells and sightings of wild animals.

Being located a mere 30 minute drive from the Kruger National Park, where you can see the ‘Big Five’ as well as a myriad of other flora and fauna.

Athule@Rinkhals House is surrounded by a magical bushveld, where you have the unique privilege of living amongst birds and animals as they roam freely around the lodge and drink from our waterhole. Whilst enjoying the beautiful pool and boma area, you can sit and admire them up close. With the natural sounds and scents of the bush, guests are quickly transported to a surreal feeling far away from everyday routines and responsibilities in this wonderful setting where zebra, giraffe, kudu, impala, blue wildebeest, bush buck and warthog welcome you. Bird watchers are treated to endemic birds of all sizes and an orchestra of bird calls. Take a drive along the Crocodile River which borders the Kruger National Park and enjoy the amazing views.

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After a day spent in the Kruger National Park guests can come home and relax. With the campfire already burning, admire the beautiful sunset from the pool with a cocktail in your hand, all the while listening to the mighty roar of a lion in the distance or the crazy laugh of the hyena.

Lodge & Facilities

Athule@Rinkhals is a Self-Catering facility that offers the following accommodation and facilities:
5 Units in total booked individually. Athule 1,2,3,4 and Rinkhals House.

Rinkhals Main House

Rinkhals offers 3 bedrooms and a sleeper couch upstairs sleeping 8(6+2). The house offers a sparkling pool, boma and patio below. Upstairs also has a patio with a beautiful, and offering the opportunity to admire a giraffe from up close.

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Athule Unit 1,Athule Unit 2,Athule Unit 3,Athule Unit 4

Each Athule unit sleeps four in total each with its own private splash pool. Each unit offers its own patio, barbeque area and kitchen. Downstairs double bed and bathroom and newly added lofts upstairs with 2 single beds.


With the natural sounds and scents of the bush, guests are quickly transported to a surreal feeling far away from everyday routines and responsibilities in this wonderful setting where zebra, giraffe, kudu, impala, blue wildebeest, bush buck and warthog welcome you. Bird watchers are treated to endemic birds of all sizes and an orchestra of bird calls. Take a drive along the Crocodile River which borders the Kruger National Park and enjoy the amazing views.