Handpicked safari lodges & camps across Africa

Kapama

Kapama Buffalo Camp is the only tented camp in the Kapama Private Game Reserve, near Hoedspruit in the Greater Kruger area. Its 10 tents stand on raised timber platforms in riverine forest above a seasonal river, linked by elevated wooden walkways. Each tent is air-conditioned, with an en-suite bathroom and a minibar. The camp has a rim-flow pool, a thatched lounge and bar, and an open-air boma for dinners, and guests can take a shuttle to the Karula Wellness Centre. It is adults only, from age 16, with game drives and bush walks for Big Five viewing.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Kruger National Park

Royal Hotel is a premier hotel in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. A well-appointed hotel providing modern amenities, restaurant, and leisure facilities. Ideal as a base for city stays, airport transfers, or pre/post-safari comfort.

Modern rooms with air conditioning and Wi-Fi

Cape Town

Waterfront Village is a serviced apartment complex in the V&A Waterfront Marina in Cape Town, about 2 km from the city centre. It has 100 apartments in one, two and three bedroom layouts plus penthouses, each with a full kitchen, living area and a patio or balcony. Guests can use five outdoor pools, including a heated lap pool on the roof of the Quarterdeck gym overlooking the yacht basin. Apartments are serviced daily, and there is underground parking and gated, manned security. It suits families or groups who want space and self-catering close to the Waterfront.

Private living spaces with personal chef and butler

Kruger National Park

Letaba Rest Camp is a SANParks rest camp on the southern bank of the Letaba River in the central Kruger National Park, reached most directly via Phalaborwa Gate. It offers one of the widest choices of accommodation in the park: 20 permanent canvas tents, rustic huts, 86 thatched bungalows, guest cottages, two guest houses and 60 camping sites. Facilities include a restaurant with river views, a shop, a swimming pool, a fuel station and a laundromat. The Elephant Hall museum covers the park's big tuskers, and SANParks runs guided walks and game drives from the camp.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Kruger National Park

Satara is a SANParks rest camp in the central Kruger National Park, about 46 km from Orpen Gate, set on the open grassland plains that carry some of the park's best general game and lion viewing. Accommodation is mainly thatched bungalows of varying standard, plus guest cottages, guest houses and a large campsite with power points. Facilities include a restaurant, shop, fuel station, swimming pool, laundromat and children's playground. SANParks runs morning and night game drives, guided bush walks and bush breakfasts from the camp.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Kruger National Park

Hippo Hollow Country Estate is a hotel on the banks of the Sabie River in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, about 20 minutes' drive from the Kruger National Park. It has 91 units: standard rooms, garden chalets for couples, river chalets for families and renovated deluxe chalets, some with private decks over the river. The restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating facing the Sabie, where hippos are often seen, and there are two swimming pools, a conference centre and an art walk through the grounds. Guests need their own transport or booked transfers for park visits.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Kruger National Park

Tented Adventures is a premier safari lodge in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. A safari lodge offering comfortable rooms with en-suite facilities, restaurant, and lounge areas. Located in prime wildlife viewing areas with easy access to game drives and guided excursions.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Madikwe

Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge sits on a rocky outcrop in the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve in North West Province, near the Botswana border. The main lodge has 10 glass-fronted suites under thatch, each with a private deck and plunge pool, linked by wooden walkways through tamboti trees. The central area has a lounge, bar, wine cellar and pool overlooking a waterhole, and spa treatments are offered. Children over 10 stay in the main lodge, while Little Madikwe Hills, a two-bedroom private villa with its own vehicle, guide and chef, takes families of any age.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Kapama

Kapama River Lodge is the largest and most social of the four lodges in the Kapama Private Game Reserve near Hoedspruit, in the Greater Kruger area. Accommodation runs across several suite types, from Marula and Leadwood suites to family suites, Tamboti superior suites and Royal suites. Facilities include a main pool with a cocktail bar, a wellness centre with six treatment rooms, a steam room and a lap pool, and a wine cellar of South African wines. Families with young children are welcome, with Kapama Kids activities for those too young for game drives.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Kruger National Park

Ezulwini River Lodge is a small lodge on the banks of the Olifants River in the Balule Nature Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger area. It has nine rooms under a canopy of indigenous trees: four suites with private plunge pools, one executive room and four standard chalets. An elevated skywalk and deck look over the river, and there is a thatched observation tower, a swimming pool, a bar, a wine cellar and an outdoor fitness area. Twice-daily guided game drives are included, and rooms can sleep two adults with two children.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Kruger National Park

The Outpost is a contemporary lodge in the Makuleke Contractual Park, the Pafuri region at the far northern tip of the Kruger National Park near the Zimbabwe and Mozambique borders. Its 12 suites are spread along a raised walkway of roughly half a kilometre above the Luvuvhu River valley, each open on three sides behind remote-controlled screens, with an open bathroom and a terrace. The main area has wide decks and a pool. Game drives and walks explore riverine forest, the Lanner Gorge and some of the best birding in the park.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Timbavati

Shindzela Tented Safari Camp is a premier tented camp in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. An authentic tented safari camp combining the thrill of bush living with modern comforts. Spacious canvas tents with en-suite bathrooms, dining tent, and campfire area under the stars.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Kapama

Kapama Karula is the flagship lodge of the Kapama Private Game Reserve, set along the perennial Klaserie River near Hoedspruit in the Greater Kruger area. Accommodation is a small number of villas spaced along the riverbank, each with a solar-heated private plunge pool and outdoor shower screened by riverine forest. The lodge hosts the Kapama Karula Wellness Centre, with hydrotherapy, steam rooms and a glass-walled gym looking onto the bush, and dining moves between several venues. Days follow the usual rhythm of morning and afternoon game drives, with guided bush walks.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda

Sabi Sands Game Reserve

Notten's Bush Camp is a family-owned lodge in the Sabi Sand Reserve, part of the unfenced Greater Kruger, and one of the older lodges in the area. It keeps electric lighting to a minimum, so evenings are lit by oil lamps and candles. The suites have indoor and outdoor showers and private verandas, and the camp has a pool and a small nature spa offering massages. Game drives in open vehicles leave at dawn and mid-afternoon, and walking safaris with armed rangers are available. It suits travellers who want an intimate, traditional bush atmosphere.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Garden Route

The Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa occupies a converted former power station on the edge of Thesen Island in Knysna, on the Garden Route. Much of the original machinery has been kept and worked into the interiors, which gives the hotel its industrial character. There are 24 rooms, ranging from standard suites with king-size beds to individually themed luxury suites with balconies and a honeymoon suite with a bath overlooking the harbour. The hotel has a spa with single and double treatment rooms and a canal-side setting a short walk from the Thesen Island shops and restaurants.

Individually designed rooms with unique character

Kruger National Park

Umlani Bushcamp is a rustic, off-grid camp in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, part of the unfenced Greater Kruger. Guests sleep in reed-and-thatch huts with open-air showers and no electricity, lit at night by paraffin lanterns, with device charging in the main area. A treehouse over a waterhole is available for a night sleeping out. Meals are taken together around the boma, and days are built around game drives with trackers and guided walking safaris. Families are welcome, with family huts and childcare on request.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Massinga

Machampane Wilderness Safari Camp is a premier tented camp in the heart of Africa's most spectacular wildlife regions. An authentic tented safari camp combining the thrill of bush living with modern comforts. Spacious canvas tents with en-suite bathrooms, dining tent, and campfire area under the stars.

Authentic canvas tents with comfortable beds and en-suite facilities

Cape Town

The V&A Waterfront Marina is a gated residential estate of self-catering apartments beside the yacht basins and canals of Cape Town's V&A Waterfront. Units are privately owned and let through rental agents, in one, two and three bedroom layouts plus some penthouses, most with balconies over the marina or canals. Apartments have full kitchens and satellite TV, and residents have access to the Quarterdeck pool and gym. The estate has controlled gate access and 24-hour security, and the Waterfront's restaurants and shops are a short walk away.

Spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms and private veranda