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The luxurious Idube Game Lodge is situated within the private Sabi Sands Game Reserve which is located in the south-western corner of the world-renowned Kruger National Park. The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is famous for big cat sightings, as well as the Big Five. This exclusive and intimate family-owned lodge offers guests an authentic safari experience with its tranquil setting, well-appointed accommodation and personalized service.

Highlights

  • Idube Game Lodge is ideal for solo explorers, couples, and families seeking a rewarding Big 5 safari experience.
  • A gently swaying swing bridge leads from the main lodge to a sunken hide – perfect for viewing a variety of animals that come down to the dam to drink.
  • Idube Game Lodge offers full conference facilities and a romantic setting for a bushveld wedding.

You Should Know

Rate Excludes

Transfers, beverages, additional excursions, gratuities, items of a personal nature, and Kruger National Park entrance fees.

Child Policy

Children over the age of 8 years are permitted at the lodge.

The Detail

The lodge boasts ten spacious chalets and three suites.

The Chalets are all individually decorated and feature en-suite bathrooms with bathtubs, inside and outside showers, hairdryers, safes, Wi-Fi access, and private decks. These comfortable rooms provide a safe, cool haven between activities.

The two Makubela Suites and the Leadwood Suite, secluded in the surrounding bush, offer a luxuriously furnished lounge, private timber deck, and pool with comfortable loungers. Each room includes a mini bar, bathtub, inside and outside showers, hairdryer, safe, and Wi-Fi. Guests can request their preferred minibar drinks, which will be arranged. It's not uncommon for elephants to approach the pools of the Makubela Suites, so have your camera ready for an up-close view of these majestic animals.

The lodge has recently undergone refurbishment, with a gazebo added as a relaxation area where guests can enjoy spectacular views of the bush from three sides of the lodge.

After exciting game-viewing outings, guests can cool off in the sparkling boulder pool or perhaps work out in the well-equipped gym.

Sumptuous meals are served either on the sheltered timber deck, offering magnificent views of the surrounding bush and wildlife, or in the boma under a canopy of stars. There's nothing like a cold, refreshing drink in the bar after an exciting game drive in the African bush.

Idube Game Reserve spans approximately 10,000 hectares of wildlife area. Knowledgeable rangers and skilled Shangaan trackers lead early morning and late afternoon game drives, offering guests up-close encounters with the Big Five. Walking safaris offer a more intimate experience, allowing guests to track game and explore the diverse bird, insect, and plant life of the reserve. Idube also offers additional activities such as wildlife talks, a tracker’s course, visits to the Shangana Cultural Village, and traditional dance performances.

The success of leopard sightings in this area is legendary, and guests frequently spot cheetah, hippo, wild dog, and a large variety of antelope during their stay.

There are regular sightings of rare species like the roan antelope, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, and wild dog. Evening game drives reveal nocturnal creatures such as porcupines, aardwolves, genets, servals, white-tailed mongooses, bush babies, civets, and brown hyenas.

Birdlife in the reserve is prolific, with over 300 species recorded. Raptor sightings include Martial, Tawny, and Fish Eagles as well as Steppe Buzzards and Spotted Eagle Owls. Southern Ground Hornbills nest close to the lodge, and iridescently plumaged birds like the Lilac-breasted Roller, Southern Carmine Bee-eaters, and Malachite Kingfishers are often seen.

Price Includes

Accommodation, all meals, teas and coffees, high tea, twice-daily game drives, and optional safari walks.

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Rates & Pricing

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4-Night combo package with Lukimbi Safari Lodge in the Kruger - Save up to $ 234 per person per stay OR 5-Night combo package with Lukimbi Safari Lodge in the Kruger - Save up to $ 300 per person per stay.
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We are able to arrange travel insurance that will make this booking totally refundable.

Packages that include this lodge

3-Day Big-5 Luxury Sabi Sand Fly-in Package
INCLUSIONS:
  • 2 nights at Idube Game Lodge
  • Return flights from/to Johannesburg
  • Return transfers to the lodge
  • Luxury accommodation in en-suite, air-conditioned suites
  • all meals, teas and coffees per day
  • 2 safaris daily in open game drive vehicles and a safari/bush walk
  • Safari activities with qualified and well trained Guides and Trackers
  • Sabi Sand nightly conservation levy
  • All taxes / VAT
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