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Lapalala Wilderness School & Museum

Mike Buyskes Construction > Lodges > Lapalala Wilderness School & Museum

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Project Overviewx

Start Date Phase 1 & 2:April 2022
Project Completion Date:May 2022
Contract Value:R57.63 million
Start Date Phase 3:16 October 2023
Project Completion Date:3 July 2024
Contract Value:R23 million
Client: Mapula Trust
Architects: Local Studio (Pty) Ltd / Austium Avium (Pty) Ltd / Earth Workshop (Pty) Ltd
MBC Team Phase 1 & 2: Riaan Smit / Matebule Mahlangu / Leon Lees / Werner Bloemhof
MBC Team Phase 3: Jayson Buyskes / Kieran Cunningham / Werner Bloemhof

The Lapalala Wilderness School, outside of the Lapalala Wilderness Nature Reserve in Limpopo, is most certainly a very special project in our timeline. It is unique in the sense that it was the first lodge build we embarked on in the Waterberg region. It involved extensive liaison with the existing school headed up by Mr Mashudu Makhokha. The success of this project was as a result of his effort and degree of involvement in bringing the entire team together in so many ways. We are so proud to have been part of this journey with the Lapalala Wilderness School team in completing an internationally-recognised school of excellence.

The third phase of construction at Lapalala Wilderness School includes a museum. This extension comprises 1045m² of new buildings.