Mawusi Bush Lodge
about us
Your Hosts
Cathy and Rodney moved to the little town of Hoedspruit in January 2015, having spent their entire lives in the big cities. The area around Hoedspruit is known as the Wildlife Haven of South Africa and tourism is one of the main industries in the region. Being enthusiastic nature lovers made this area their prime choice.
Between them Cathy and Rodney have, through their extensive travels, gathered a wealth of experience and knowledge regarding wildlife, birds, conservation and biodiversity which they love sharing with their guests. Their understanding of the bush and the hospitality skills gained has equipped them to ensure that your stay at the Lodge is a highlight of your trip and will be a very memorable one.
Whether you are an overnight traveller or choose to spend a few days to explore the area, Cathy and Rod look forward to welcoming you as their special guest, and to ensure that you experience the Lodge as your home away from home.
Our History
Our journey began in 2013 when we fell in love with a beautiful property known as 309 on the Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate. Unfortunately the terms of sale of this property put it out of our reach. However through, what we can only describe as a divine intervention, we were suddenly offered the property on substantially different terms and we immediately acquired that property on which our Lodge is now built.
We opened the doors of our lodge in November 2015 and traded under the name “The Bushbabies”. Unfortunately another Lodge opened in 2017 and, we believe, unlawfully began to trade on the same estate with a name which was so similar to our trading name as to cause extreme confusion and had an enormous negative impact on our goodwill.
All our efforts to resolve this matter amicably were unreasonably rejected and we were forced to either re-brand our lodge or to litigate.
Although we were advised by our lawyers that our case was sound, we elected to rather re-brand and the tedious task of finding a new name began. After numerous days of searching we were “given” the name ”Mawusi” which was suddenly provided to us as we were searching the web for the meaning of another name that we were considering. This unique name immediately appealed to us
Mawusi is an African name meaning “In the Hands of God”. It is also the name that was given to the very first beautiful leopard that was sighted on the Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate. In the Zulu language Mawusi means “The Moon”.
Our logo is designed around these three phenomena.
The laurel leaves on either side of the logo represent the Hands of God with Mawusi Bush Lodge nestled between them, whilst the spherical design depicts the shape of the moon. The leopard profile acknowledges the beautiful Mawusi.
We are excited about the new name and with effect from 31 May 2019 we commenced trading as Mawusi Bush Lodge