News and Updates
Bushmans Kloof has been voted the Best Hotel in the World 2009 in the 14th annual Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards readers’ survey, announced in the USA on the 10th July. Rated against the finest hotels around the globe, this exclusive 5* wilderness retreat also took pole position as Number 1 Lodge / Resort […] Read More
Sightings of spotted hyena are quite rare due to their low numbers, therefore any sighting of these magnificent animals is a special one – but recently guests at Lion Sands River Lodge and Lion Sands Ivory Lodge, in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, were treated to the most incredible sighting ! One of the rangers […] Read More
Sabi Sabi’s Earth Lodge has been voted the 3rd Best Hotel in the world, and the 2nd Best on the African continent in the 2009 Travel & Leisure Magazine Best in the World rankings. The result – an astonishing 97.5% near perfect score – showed yet again that Sabi Sabi always exceeds expectations. This is […] Read More
The Department of Home Affairs has announced that it will gradually relax the visa restrictions applicable to Chinese travellers wanting to come to South Africa to attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Tourists attending the event will now be allowed to leave their country for a period of 3 months without having to obtain a […] Read More
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is offering a winter special from May 1 to September 15 2009, during the South African winter school holidays, on weekends and public holidays. Prizes, magic shows and treasure hunts are some of the activities planned for kids this winter. The Cableway’s Family Winter Special adult ticket price is R145 […] Read More
The Two Oceans Aquarium is offering a winter special valid until October 31 2009. Two adults and 2 children (between 4 and 13 years) will pay just R180 entry to the aquarium. The Afrisam Children’s Play Centre, which looks on to the penguin pool, is receiving a face-lift and families will now be able to […] Read More
The beautiful new Amani Spas at Earth Lodge and Bush Lodge offer a full range of treatments and therapies. They complement Sabi Sabi’s ethos of creating a space at one with nature, where all things exist in harmony. Just weeks after opening, the spa at Earth Lodge has been named as a finalist in the […] Read More
AIRLINK has confirmed that it will operate a new route from Kruger to Livingstone (for Victoria Falls) from August 17. Airlink’s service will operate directly from Kruger Mpumalanga / Nelspruit (airport code MQP) to Livingstone in Zambia (airport code LVI) initially on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the intention to grow frequency corresponding with demand. This […] Read More
We are delighted to announce that we have added a new section to our website which customers can search on and book via Travel Butlers – Luxury Rail Journeys. For an unforgettable part of your holiday to South Africa, why not include a rail journey on one of 2 luxury trains – the Blue Train […] Read More
A particular female leopard in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve has become a regular sighting for guests at Lion Sands on game drives over the last couple of months. On most occasions when the she has been sighted they have seen her moving in and around the dry riverbeds and the thicket vegetation surrounding the […] Read More
