Location:

Sabi Sabi is situated in the southern part of the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve  .This reserve is privately owen by  some 35 different lodges and makes up a wildlife area of rughly 70000 hec (172 973 acers). Although each lodge owes its owen property there are no fence between neighboring properties so the animals are free to roam where ever they want.The Sabi Sand Reserve is situated to the west of the famous Kruger national park , roughly some 2million hecters( 5million acers) and here too there are no fence between the two reserves so the animals have free range between the reserves. This global echo system stretches from round about Nelspruit in the south all the way up past phalaborwa up to Pafuri and Crooks corner in the north. the eastern border is the Mosambique border and the wester border is made up of a mixture os private reserves like the Sabi Sand , Timbavati , and Baluli reserves and small towns such as Hazyview ,Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa. this extended echo system is Known as the Greater Kruger national park and it in turn forms part of the international trans frontier park which stretches across various countries.

Directions:

Best way to get there if you are not flying in from ORT or KMIA would be throurgh the town of Nelspruit ( also refered to as the Gateway to the low veld or Kruger) on to hazyview were you then head east straight to kruger.

distance to the Gate is about 80 kms roughly 45min driving time as you have to drive through informal settelments for most of the way. about 60 kms out of Hayzeview you will turnleft  onto a dirt road for 7-8km before getting  to the sabi sand resrve gate, best to use shawes gate (second turn off to the Sabi  Sand ) the one closest to kruger . The road is well marked with all the lodge signs.

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The Lodges

I have taken the time to write a short lodge summary about each lodge ,the items mention below are important to me while I am traveling and  hopefully will help you to decide which one of the four you would like to stay at should you want to go., what you will read here is normally not stated on the web sites , and its my personal opinion based on actual experience, so feel free to disagree or differ from me.

All theses lodges are 5 star plus , they all have air-conditioning ,and mini bar fridges. All the lodges have a comon guest are for dining and lounges and libraries

Sabi Sabi  has 4 lodges , BushLodge  , Selati Lodge,  Earth Lodge  and little BushLodge . Each lodge has its owen character and feel and each is quite different from the others.

my personal favarite is bush lodge ,but i can fault any of the others at all , SS always had an exceptional high standard of service and the food is just to die for .

congrates to Rod and his team for eing able to consistantly delivier good service.

for more on each lodge just click on the link

Little bush lodge summary:

Size and Atmosphere  : small & quaint, 6 luxury rooms, , has a tranquale bush feel to it

Air-Conditioning : yes

Mobile Phone and Internet Coverage : yes

Vehicle /Guest Policy: max 6 people on vehicle , unless you are a group and you all want to be on the same vehicle.

Property Size : traverse roughly 7000 hectares on there own property and dont share with other lodge

for more info and photos : http://www.africadirect.co.za/lodge.aspx?LodgeID=9

Bush lodge summary:

Size and Atmosphere : My personal favarite , 26 rooms, also on dry riverbed ,over looks a water hole and you will almost always see some animals there during lunch in the winter months, always has a subttle buss to it.

Air-Conditioning : yes

Mobile Phone and Internet Coverage : yes

Vehicle /Guest Policy: max 6 people on vehicle , unless you are a group and you all want to be on the same vehicle.

Property Size : traverse roughly 7000 hectares on there own property and dont share with other lodges

more info and photos:http://www.africadirect.co.za/lodge.aspx?LodgeID=1

Selati lodge summary

Size and Atmosphere : situated more to the east of there property, overlooks a water hole aswell ,its a smaller lodge than bush, 8 rooms and is known for its romantic atmospher The lodge has a very strong character drawn from the 1800’s when they had just discovered gold and the selati railway line was build in that area to get gold to the then lourenso marcs ,(Mozambique,)

Air-Conditioning : yes

Mobile Phone and Internet Covarage : good coverage

Vehicle /Guest Policy : max 6 people on vehicle , unless you are a group and you all want to be on the same vehicle.

Property Size : traverse roughly 7000 hectares on there own property and dont share with other lodges

more info and photos : http://www.africadirect.co.za/lodge.aspx?LodgeID=8

Earth lodge summary:

Size & Atmosphere : this is their flagship lodge and truly something special, sunken into the side of a ridge ,it  has almost zero visual impact on the echo system.it over looks a water hole and has a great view of the valley and oposite side of the ridge. It has 13 rooms well spread out on either-side of the main guest area , so you have a wonderful sense of privacy.

Air-Conditioning : yes

Mobile Phone and Internet Coverage : yes

Vehicle /Guest Policy : max 6  usually 2-4 depending on staff availability.

Property Size : traverse roughly 7000 hectares on there own property and don’t share with other lodges

It is the only lodge in their  basket were each luxury suite has its own private plunge pool, and the rooms all have a sky light to view the stars.

for more info and photos : http://www.africadirect.co.za/lodge.aspx?LodgeID=3