Where the wild comes to life

Twelve suites in the Sabi Sand, eight of them facing a busy waterhole, unfenced from the Kruger, with house drinks and two game drives a day included.

FromR11 500pp / night sharing

Four solar-powered double tents in the Olifants West Nature Reserve in Balule, with an underground hide beside the waterhole and the whole camp bookable for eight guests.

FromR4 595pp / night sharing

Three exclusive-use villas in the Sabi Sand, with private game drives in silent, fully electric vehicles.

FromR199 500per villa / night

Eight suites with private plunge pools on a ridge above the Sterkstroom valley, in the malaria-free Welgevonden Private Game Reserve.

FromR9 660pp / night sharing

Six elevated tented suites with plunge pools on the N'waswitsontso river, in a private concession of the Kruger National Park.

FromR18 124pp / night sharing

Six round, thatched suites in Tsonga style on the Mluwati river, in a private concession of the Kruger National Park.

FromR10 496pp / night sharing

Fourteen suites with private pools, on a 10,000-hectare reserve in the Sabi Sand.

FromR16 000pp / night sharing

Twelve suites with private plunge pools on the N'waswitsontso river, in a private concession of the central Kruger National Park.

FromR13 210pp / night sharing

Nine solar-powered Luxe and Meru safari tents beside a waterhole in the Olifants View Nature Reserve in northern Balule, with hands-on conservation work alongside the game drives.

FromR3 540pp / night sharing

Five waterside suites for ten guests around a rim-flow pool above the dam, in the Mabula Private Game Reserve.

FromR8 441pp / night sharing

Five canvas tents for ten guests on the edge of the Mvubu plain, in the malaria-free Mabula Private Game Reserve.

FromR5 889pp / night sharing

Ninety thatched rooms and suites in a malaria-free Big Five reserve, about two hours' drive from Johannesburg.

FromR5 576pp / night sharing

One of South Africa's oldest safari camps, with ten suites, eight rooms and a single suite beside the Sand River, and children of all ages welcome.

FromR26 100pp / night sharing

An intimate camp of seven thatched suites above the Sand River, in the MalaMala Game Reserve.

FromR30 150pp / night sharing

Five thatched chalets for no more than ten guests on the Mohlabetsi River in Balule, fully inclusive, with the lodge's own transfer in from Jejane gate.

FromR7 020pp / night sharing

Eight freestanding suites with private plunge pools on the Sand River, in MalaMala's quiet lodge for guests aged 16 and over.

FromR42 800pp / night sharing

Twenty air-conditioned tented suites, family suites among them, below the Waterberg mountains in the Mabula Private Game Reserve.

FromR7 485pp / night sharing

A private corner of the reserve, where people and nature live side by side in a luxury tented camp.

FromR6 100pp / night sharing

Located on the banks of the seasonal Sand River, Umkumbe sits in one of the finest Big Five game viewing destinations in Africa.

FromR6 510pp / night sharing