Hi, we’re Dave & Rita.

We’re originally from England and moved to South Africa in May 2016 after vacationing here twice. Currently, we reside in Knysna in the Western Cape where Dave runs a very successful IT company called Networkwise SA (Pty) Ltd with his business partner Rob.

We came to South Africa to realize a dream, of living close to nature and especially wildlife. Having traveled much of South Africa and as far afield as Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia we plan to return to Botswana and possibly head further north into Zambia and possibly Tanzania.

We first found Marloth Park quite by chance having booked into a terrible place in Hazyview and needed to find an alternative urgently. After searching the internet we found Pata Pata House and managed to contact the owner, Nils, directly. At the time we knew absolutely nothing about Marloth Park and this was only our second trip to Kruger National Park. We booked for 2 nights, stayed for 3, and met Nils, who is now a great friend.

Quite soon we realized just how special Marloth is. The people are so friendly and the wildlife lives with you, quite literally at times. Nothing can really prepare you for a herd of Zebra eating pellets literally on your stoop, Kudu strolling by, and Warthogs, who honestly I never really cared for until we met them there, you can sit and admire them all. Once we met the Giraffe though we were sold and we realized after 4 more trips that we simply had to find a home there.

Nils helped us on our journey looking for land and offered guidance on locations and builders. We’re eternally grateful to Nils as we now own our own little “piece of paradise” in the bush.

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