Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge

Overview

Sabi Sands Game Reserve, regarded by many as the “birthplace” of sustainable wilderness tourism and development in Sub-Saharan Africa, is understood by guests and staff to be a place of wilderness, wildlife and adventure. Home to an extensive cross-section of the Mpumalanga wildlife population, 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.

Scooped out of a majestic angle of landscape flush with vegetation, Earth Lodge forms a calm and scenic swathe across the midst of the gorgeous Sabi Sabi Game Reserve. Located in the midst of an authentic and mutually dependent ecosystem, offset and complimented by the blanket of vegetation and frequent visits from well loved and sociable groups of local wildlife.

Accommodation

Accommodation at Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge features intimate luxury suites, each complete with air-conditioning and fans, private plunge pool, private bar and patio, butler services, and access to a library, art gallery and meditation garden.

The luxury Amber Presidential Suite is a much bigger unit, fitted with the facilities of any other luxury room, air conditioning and fans, private bar, plunge pool, patio, and butler service, as well as its own steam room, study, and kitchen.

Wildlife

Wildlife indigenous to the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve 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
• No children are permitted at the lodge.

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 person. The entrance fee can only be confirmed at the time of making your reservation (Subject to change)

GPS: -24.823333 (latitude) 31.505833 (longitude)