Safari Travel Season Information

Any time of year is a good time to visit Sabi Sabi, as each season has its own advantages.

What to Pack for your Safari

• Dress completely informal. Neutral colours recommended. (A full range of safari clothing is available in our Curio Shops).
• Windbreaker or warm jacket for winter and night safaris.
• Comfortable walking shoes.
• Swimming costume - each of our luxury safari lodges has a cool filtered pool.
• Binoculars, camera and video camera.
• Sunhats and sunglasses.
• Sunscreen.
• Please note that Sabi Sabi is situated within a malaria area. It is recommended that guests consult their physician/travel clinic regarding easily administered malaria prophylaxis before embarking on any safari travel to South Africa.

Sabi Sabi Location Information

Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve is an unspoilt part of Africa ecologically and geographically integrated with the adjacent Kruger National Park. It is situated within one of South Africa's oldest and largest proclaimed reserves - the renowned Sabi Sand Wildtuin.

Sabi Sabi lies 500 km east of Johannesburg, 800 km north east of Durban and 200 km west of Maputo in Mozambique. It lies on the same latitude as Sao Paulo and Brisbane and the same longitude as Cairo, Istanbul and St.Petersburg.

• The map co-ordinates of Bush Lodge are: 24°55' 14" S 31°31" 18" E
• The map co-ordinates of Little Bush Camp are: 24° 54' 2.16" S 31° 28' 7.84" E
• The map co-ordinates of Selati Camp are: 24° 53' 79" S 31° 30' 58" E
• The map co-ordinates of Earth Lodge are: 24° 56' 45" S 31° 28' 12" E
• The map co-ordinates the Sabi Sabi Airstrip are: 24° 56' 68.9" S 31° 26' 82.0" E

Luxury Safari Lodges - Fact Sheet

24-hour on-site medical attention available

Guests at Sabi Sabi now have access to 24-hour on-site medical assistance, thanks to the implementation of a programme by African SAFE-T (Safari and Adventure Emergency Team). Any medical complaint from minor ailments to more serious conditions and injuries are dealt with by a fully trained medical team, one of whom is based on the reserve, with the others at an off-site facility.

Dr. Simon King of SAFE-T explains: “Traditionally, medical complaints in relatively inaccessible area were dealt with by evacuation i.e. moving the patient to the nearest urban medical facility. Our programme ensures on site response, with evacuation only taking place if absolutely necessary. In serious cases, evacuation time is reduced to 30 minutes as opposed to several hours, which is usually the case on a game reserve.”

Sabi Sabi operations director, Rod Wyndham says: “While we hope that we only have to make use of this facility on rare occasions, the reality is that having the SAFE-T team on board is very reassuring. We now have readily available resources for medical assistance, as opposed to being completely reliant on urban resources.”