South African Lodges are located in a number of different Private Game Reserves spread accross the country. Some of the worlds most luxurious lodges and are found in areas as diverse as diverse as the Sand Forests at Phinda and the thickly wooded banks of the Sand River which is located in the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve. The Sabi Sand is the premier Private Game Reserve in South Africa and is home to most of the finest game and safari lodges in the country.
The game and safari lodges we suggest in each area can be considered the amongst the finest in their respective classes and areas. We categorize the South African Lodges into exclusive, luxury and regular lodges. The Exclusive Lodges are amongst the worlds finest. Luxury Lodges are Five Star properties where every imaginable luxury is at guests disposal. The regular lodges offer a somewhat more basic yet ver comfortable way of experiencing the wilderness areas of South Africa.
The most popular Private Game Reserves in South Africa include Shamwari which is situated in the Eastern Cape adjacent to the Addo Elephant National Park, this is a Big Five reserve which boasts a few lodges of exceptional quality. In Kwa Zulu Natal Phinda Private Game Reserve can be regarded as the areas finest. The Phinda Reserve borders St Lucia and is home to a wide variety of different mammal and bird species, not least being Africa's legendary Big Five.
In the northern part of South Africa the Madikwe Private Reserve as well as Welgevonden are the most popular malaria free reserves. The Timbavati and the Sabi Sand which form part of the Greater Kruger National Park are the oldest and most well know of all the Private Game Reserves in South Africa. Each of these areas is home to a number of South African Game and Safari Lodges. These range in quality from regular lodges to exceptional exclusive lodges. The Lodges of the Timbavati and especially the Sabi Sand offer a diversity of mammal species which is rivalled nowhere else in Africa. Sightings of the Big Five occur on a daily basis on game drives which are conducted from the lodges in the Sabi Sand and the Timbavati |
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