Within Thanda Tented Camp you will encounter minimal lighting and no artifice, with beautiful nature and jaw-dropping scenery enhanced by flickering firelight from the boma and warm paraffin lanterns to guide your feet along the walkway. This is the bush as nature intended: open, inviting, unconstrained. So if you’re the kind of traveller who values the genuine over the glorified; reality over richness, this is where you want to be. You will encounter unparalleled closeness to the bush and its sounds; unspoilt views of the night’s millions of stars; and absolute authenticity. Thanda Tented Camp offers a relaxed and real safariiexperience. It comprises 14 spacious tents, each with a private sun deck and en-suite canvas bathroom. In addition the 15th tent, the Jabula Tent, is particularly suited to bridal couples, honeymooners, families and those seeking extra beautiful accommodation for special occasions.The camp’s shared areas include a reception area, a curio shop, a recently refurbished Hemingway-style lounge area, a dining area featuring authentic African curios, a large rim-flow pool surrounded by loungers and umbrellas, a new waterhole to entice large and small game, and a new boma – all decorated in rustic natural shades and complemented by the rich, warm hues of the African sunset.
Tucked away under the shade of towering riverine trees, Selati Camp is a paradise for safari enthusiasts. Game drives within the Sabi Sabi Reserve, known for its incredible biodiversity, promise thrilling encounters with over 200 mammal species and 300 bird species, including the iconic Big 5.
Makanyi is located in the southern sector of the South African Timbavati, an area known as ‘The place where something sacred came down to earth’.
Positioned proudly on Umhlanga’s beachfront overlooking the Indian Ocean, stands the Oyster Box, one of South Africa’s best-loved hotels.
Nature is never far at Ngala Safari Lodge, with breakfast and lunch served in the shade of an enormous weeping boere bean tree.
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