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Four generations on the Sabie River
A world-renowned Big Five reserve in the Sabi Sands with four luxury lodges, including open-air treehouses under the stars. Condé Nast top 20 in Africa.
The Rocco family bought their slice of the Sabie River in 1933, and Lion Sands has been a private safari destination on the same family-held land ever since. Three generations on, the reserve borders Kruger National Park to the east and Sabi Sand to the west. Game moves freely across all three.
Four lodges now sit along this riverine concession: Ivory, River, Tinga, and Narina. Each a different mood on the same piece of bush.
Lion Sands sits where Kruger meets Sabi Sand, which means traversing rights across both reserves. The result is a Big Five density few private concessions can match, with the Sabie River drawing leopard and elephant down to the banks at dusk.
Four generations of the Rocco family have run this land since 1933. Long-tenured staff, a loyal returning clientele, and a willingness to bend the standard safari template when guests want something specific. That continuity shows up in every detail.
Set directly on the Sabie River, intimate and unhurried, with riverside views from every room and from the heart of the lodge.
Five thousand hectares in one of the denser predator habitats of the Kruger National Park, an exclusive concession with wildlife pressed close.
Right on the Sabie River, surrounded by bush and sky. The lodge built for the guest who wants the world to go quiet.
For those in search of utter exclusivity: just eight waterside villas, each watching the reserve's wildlife pass from bed, deck and private plunge pool.
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