The Kruger Park area encompasses part of two South African provinces, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. To the south is the tiny independent kingdom of Swaziland. It’s an area of mountains, panoramic passes, valleys, rivers, waterfalls and forests.
This is Big Game country, the setting for dozens of sanctuaries teeming with wildlife and birds. Kruger National Park is world-renowned, as are several of the private reserves on its western boundary. There are also wildlife reserves in Swaziland, a country of spectacular mountain scenery.
Many of our clients fly in and out of the Sabi Sand. You can fly direct from Johannesburg; or from Cape Town to Nelspruit airport, at the southern end of Kruger Park, where you connect with a light aircraft flight. Two, or preferably three nights is a good length of time to stay at a private lodge. This is also a super area for a self-drive holiday. You can tour the Blyde River Canyon area and drive to any of the private lodges (though you won’t use the car again until you leave).
Where to go in Kruger Park Area
Simply South Africa Safari & Mozambique Beach Break
Itinerary Highlights
- Safari in the famous Kruger National Park
- Relax on the remote beaches of Mozambique
- Remote and unique lodges
Cape Town, Safari & Victoria Falls
Itinerary Highlights
- Visit the majestic Victoiria Falls from Zambia
- Embark on thrilling game drives in the Sabi Sand Reserve
- Search for Africa's big cats and the big five with wildlife guides
- Reach the top of Table Mountain and meet the penguins of Boulder Beach
Arathusa Safari Lodge
Arathusa is a relaxed and intimate lodge in a tranquil setting by a lake, which serves as waterhole in the game-rich Sabi Sand Wildlife Reserve.Arathusa Safari Lodge is relatively inexpensive, yet provides all you would expect from a high quality lodge, including very good food, a friendly staff and excellent game viewing. It has proved to be a popular choice for everyone, and especially honeymoon...
Cheetah Plains
Formally Djuma Bush Lodge, Cheetah Plains is one of the original safari lodges in the game-rich Sabi Sand Wildlife Reserve.It is small and intimate, and the low vehicle density means that you will enjoy game viewing in authentic bush which is on a private 12,000 hectares. Sharing unfenced boundaries with the Kruger National Park , Cheetah Plains offers superb game-viewing at a reasonable cost. Wil...
Chitwa Chitwa Game Lodge
Chitwa Chitwa Game Lodge is an innovative and intimate, family-owned and run, 5-star safari lodge in the Sabi Sand, part of South Africa’s greater Kruger National Park.Overlooking a large lake that draws a constant stream of thirsty animals, Chitwa Chitwa offers luxury accommodation and an intense safari experience at particularly attractive prices for a South Africa holiday.Chitwa Chitwa is...
Garonga Safari Camp
Garonga Safari Camp has recently undergone a three-month makeover to celebrate it's 20th birthday.The stunning, exclusive and romantic luxury camp set to the west of Kruger National Park has been compeltely redesigned to set new standards stylish living that blend seamlessly into the native surrounding bush.Owner, Bernardo Smith, has created a lodge where you can unwind and have an unhurried w...
Gomo Gomo Game Lodge
Gomo Gomo Game Lodge is a well-priced safari lodge set under huge Jackalberry trees on the bank of the Nhlaralumi River, on the northern boundary of the wild and scenic Timbavati Game Reserve.Game is plentiful, and you don’t need to go far to see it. Elephant, buffalo and other animals often graze within the bounds of the camp and leopard are frequently sighted in this reserve, which shares ...
Jatinga Country Lodge
Jatinga Country Lodge is everything a 5-star country retreat in South Africa should be, offering tranquillity, fine dining, charming hospitality, and luxurious accommodation.The White River runs through its magnificent gardens and you can enjoy a sundowner on the elevated deck overlooking the river while observing the birdlife - the lodge has its own checklist of 98 birds.Jatinga’s private o...
Kruger Park Rest Camps
The Kruger National Park authority runs 25 Rest Camps where visitors can stay inside the park.The camps are a legacy from the old pre-democracy era when a lot of public money was spent on providing low-cost recreational facilities for white South Africans. These days, there is no money to subsidise these rest camps, and they have undergone a painful transition to life in a multi-ethnic democracy. ...
Londolozi Granite Camp
Londolozi Granite Camp provide extraordinary, exclusive accommodation for no more than six people in the Londolozi Private Game Reserve, a vast area with breeding herds of elephant and buffalo, high concentrations of lion and white rhino, and the famous Londolozi leopards, in the heart of the Sabi Sands.AccommodationThe three sumptuous Granite Suites were completed in June 2007. They are hidden in...
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