Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge

Accommodation

Accommodation at Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge features intimate luxury suites, each complete with air-conditioning and fans, private plunge pool, private bar and patio, butler services, and access to a library, art gallery and meditation garden.

The luxury Amber Presidential Suite is a much bigger unit, fitted with the facilities of any other luxury room, air conditioning and fans, private bar, plunge pool, patio, and butler service, as well as its own steam room, study, and kitchen.

Wildlife

Wildlife indigenous to the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve area includes Cape buffalo, elephant, Reedbuck, spotted hyena, cheetah, giraffe, Burchell's zebra, Black-backed jackal, duiker, hippopotamus, impala, kudu, leopard, lion, warthog, white rhinoceros, white-tailed mongoose, and Wild dog, as well as a bird watcher's wildest dream in the surrounding park's extensive bird population.

Extra Info

Children
• No children are permitted at the lodge.

Directions

• BY AIR:

• Daily scheduled flights from O.R. Tambo (Johannesburg) International Airport (previously known as Johannesburg International) directly to the Sabi Sabi Airstrip

• Daily scheduled flights from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) (Nelspruit) with a short hop to the Sabi Sabi Airstrip

• Daily scheduled flights from Durban and Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (Nelspruit) with a short hop to the Sabi Sabi Airstrip

• Sabi Sabi is a two-hour scenic drive from Nelspruit. Transfers can be arranged

• Private air charters on request

• Helicopter transfers on request

• Complimentary transfers between the Sabi Sabi Airstrip and the Sabi Sabi safari lodges

• BY ROAD:

• 500 km from Johannesburg, an easy five-hour drive on National Roads

• Continue onto N12

• Merge onto N4 (Toll road)

• Exit onto R36

• Continue onto R539

• Turn left onto N4 (Partial toll road)

• Slight right onto N4 Nelspruit Northern Bypass

• Slight left - 270 m

• Turn right toward R37 (Go through 1 roundabout)

• At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto R37

• Turn left onto Madiba Dr

• Continue onto Eastern Blvd

• Continue onto Provincial P9/2 Rd/R40 (Continue to follow R40)

• Turn left onto Theo Kleynhans St/R40/R538 (Continue to follow R40/R538)

• At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto R538

• Continue straight onto R40

• Turn right onto R536 (Go through 1 roundabout)

• Turn left - 1,2 km

• Turn right - 500 m

• Slight right - 650 m

• Turn left - 850 m

• Turn right - 120 m

• Turn left - 1,4 km

• Turn right - 40 m

• Slight left - 1,7 km

• Turn left  - 1,5 km

• Slight left

Destination will be on the left

• Road transfers from the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to Sabi Sabi can be arranged on request

• Sabi Sabi is a two-hour scenic drive from Nelspruit. Transfers from the airport can be arranged

• The Sabi Sand Reserve levies a cash vehicle entrance fee of R160 per vehicle and R40 per person. The entrance fee can only be confirmed at the time of making your reservation (Subject to change) 

GPS: -24.823333 (latitude) 31.505833 (longitude)
 

Reviews

The lodge,the service and the food are excellent.I would recommend a three to four days stay in order to relax, enjoy the quality of the facilities and the spa and to have enough time for the game drives and to succeed in finding the big five, specially leopard and lion. We were very lucky and had very close encounters with leopards every day (3 different ones)and the lions on the last morning. The dedication and expertise of the guides are outstanding and they will do everything to reach your expectations.

My husband and I took a four day break from our kids and decided to spoil ourselves by selecting one of the best game lodges money can buy. I can honestly not fault Sabi Sabi on a single thing. We spent the first two days at Earth lodge. From the moment we arrived we were waited on hand and foot and all the staff went out of their way to make us feel at home and catered to our every whim. The suites are very spacious and modern and each has it's own plunge pool. We also sampled the award-winning Amani spa. The facilities and staff in the spa are world-class and prices are very reasonable.The most mind-blowing element of our stay at Earth lodge was the unbelievable standard of food. Every meal was sensational and could rival any five-star restaurant in the big cities.The game viewing was amazing and we saw all Big Five as well as a female cheetah. Our ranger was very entertaining and incredibly knowledgeable.This was an unforgettable experience. Just wish we had booked a longer stay.