Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge

Overview

Sabi Sands Game Reserve, the “birthplace” of sustainable wilderness tourism and development in Sub-Saharan Africa, loved by by guests and staff alike as a place of wilderness, wildlife and adventure. Home to the extensive Mpumalanga cross-section of wildlife, including the Big Five and various endangered species, the park also shares 50 kilometers of its unfenced boundary line with neighbouring Kruger National Park. Animals pass casually between the two parks, unhindered and abundant.

Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge plays the role of the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve’s flagship establishment, and as such bears a strong history of hosting some of the reserve’s most famous guests. Bolstered by a pair of expansive decks, overlooking the brush spattered surrounds leading all the way up to the area’s popular watering holes, Bush Lodge is an ideal bush retreat. The evening brings with it star dusted skies overarching a fire lit boma, as the sound of laughter and tales of adventure is met by yelps and rustling from the bush.

Children’s Program
Families with children have always been welcomed at Sabi Sabi’s Bush Lodge. Now the family experience reaches a new level with the opening of the EleFun Centre, a fully fledged children’s facility within the lodge environs which fosters children’s awareness and appreciation of nature.

Accommodation

Accommodation at the Bush Lodge is made up of twenty-five thatched suites, featuring air conditioning, private decks, en-suite bathrooms, outdoor and glass-fronted indoor showers.

Mandleve Suite is the lodge’s ultra-luxury, romantic honeymoon suite, and incorporates an open plan living area, generous bathroom and outdoor shower, private plunge pool, air conditioning, and private viewing decks with majestic sweeps of the area laid out before them.
In addition, the Bush Lodge features two new Luxury Villas, which offer travellers exquisite accommodation consisting of two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a lounge and library, a dressing room as well as a patio and pool.  These villas are extraordinarily expansive, architecturally attractive and stunningly decorated in the eclectic Bush Lodge style.

A huge master bedroom with king sized draped four-poster bed leads onto an en-suite bathroom complete with indoor and outdoor shower and his & her baths. A second bedroom which leads into a private bathroom featuring a big bath and open ‘rain’ shower. Both bedrooms and the lounge open out onto an enormous reed-covered patio, which includes a private plunge pool. With upholstered lounging chairs and couches, the patios are an excellent addition to the amenities of the suites. Guest’s staying in a Luxury Villa make use of a private safari vehicle which is included in the rate.

Wildlife

Wildlife indigenous to the Sabi Sabi area includes Cape buffalo, elephant, Reedbuck, spotted hyena, cheetah, giraffe, Burchell’s zebra, Black-backed jackal, duiker, hippopotamus, impala, kudu, leopard, lion, warthog, white rhinoceros, white-tailed mongoose, and Wild dog, as well as a bird watcher’s wildest dream in the surrounding park’s extensive bird population.

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Children
3 Years and younger: Stay free of charge in a cot. –
4 – 7 Years: Sharing with 1 or 2 adults pay R3500-00 per child per night. –
8- 12 Years: Sharing with 1 or 2 adults pay R5200-00 per child per night.
13 Years and over: Sharing with 1 or 2 adults will pay adult rate.
Children occupying their own room will pay the full adult rate for a maximum of 1 child (if 4 children sharing the remaining 3 will pay the applicable children’s rates).
Child Minders can be arranged from a minimum rate of R150-00 per child per hour which is to be paid directly to the babysitter.

Excludes:
Guest Conservation Contribution (GCC) of R100 per person per night, collected on behalf of the Sabi Sand Wildtuin (SSW).

Directions

• BY AIR:

• Daily scheduled flights from O.R. Tambo (Johannesburg) International Airport (previously known as Johannesburg International) directly to the Sabi Sabi Airstrip

• Daily scheduled flights from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) (Nelspruit) with a short hop to the Sabi Sabi Airstrip

• Daily scheduled flights from Durban and Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (Nelspruit) with a short hop to the Sabi Sabi Airstrip

• Sabi Sabi is a two-hour scenic drive from Nelspruit. Transfers can be arranged

• Private air charters on request

• Helicopter transfers on request

• Complimentary transfers between the Sabi Sabi Airstrip and the Sabi Sabi safari lodges

• BY ROAD:

• 500 km from Johannesburg, an easy five-hour drive on National Roads

• Continue onto N12

• Merge onto N4 (Toll road)

• Exit onto R36

• Continue onto R539

• Turn left onto N4 (Partial toll road)

• Slight right onto N4 Nelspruit Northern Bypass

• Slight left – 270 m

• Turn right toward R37 (Go through 1 roundabout)

• At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto R37

• Turn left onto Madiba Dr

• Continue onto Eastern Blvd

• Continue onto Provincial P9/2 Rd/R40 (Continue to follow R40)

• Turn left onto Theo Kleynhans St/R40/R538 (Continue to follow R40/R538)

• At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto R538

• Continue straight onto R40

• Turn right onto R536 (Go through 1 roundabout)

• Turn left – 1,2 km

• Turn right – 500 m

• Slight right – 650 m

• Turn left – 850 m

• Turn right – 120 m

• Turn left – 1,4 km

• Turn right – 40 m

• Slight left – 1,7 km

• Turn left  – 1,5 km

• Slight left

Destination will be on the left

• Road transfers from the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to Sabi Sabi can be arranged on request

• Sabi Sabi is a two-hour scenic drive from Nelspruit. Transfers from the airport can be arranged

• The Sabi Sand Reserve levies a cash vehicle entrance fee of R160 per vehicle and R40 per persn. The entrance fee can only be confirmed at the time of making your reservation. (Subject to change)

GPS: -24.888889 (latitude) 31.500278 (longitude)

Rates

Inclusions:
•  Open safari vehicle safaris by day and at night to see Africa’s big game accompanied by qualified rangers and trackers,
•  Environmental awareness walking safaris,
•  Breakfast, lunch, “boma” dinner,
•  House selection of beverages,
•  WiFi
•  Transfers from our Sabi Sabi Airstrip.