Explore Savanna

Our Rhino Africa videographer Ryan Rapaport headed out to the Savanna Private Game Reserve in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, within the greater Kruger National Park conservancy. He spent a few days travelling in the Greater Kruger area, starting at Londolozi Game Reserve and then staying over at Tinga Game Reserve before Savanna.

Watch the videos he filmed while there & read what he had to say below:

Ryan’s top five highlights

• Friendly people and service
• Stellar game viewing
• Luxury private accommodation
• Boma dinner and dancers
• Big bath tub

Read the other benefits of staying in a private game reserve like Sabi Sand’s Savanna here.

Ryan says:

“After some hectic and tiring tripping from Cape Town to and around Kruger, pulling into the Savanna Private Game Reserve for some R&R sounded like a great idea. I stayed in the Executive Suite, which was my first time seeing, let alone getting to sleep in, a tented camp. I really like the concept of tented camps, which basically includes brick walls and a tented roof. The rooms were very spacious, and you totally get that classic African safari feeling. I was in no rush to head back to the city and office…

During the day I was taken on one of the best game drives I have ever been on and I’ve experienced a few, working for Rhino Africa. The tracker was ace! I asked to see male lion and hippo and he found them happily for me even though it was a challenge. We also saw elephant and giraffe, but the Big Five are all there. En masse!

In the evening we dined in the boma. There’s subtle fencing all around the boma and your accommodation. You can hardly notice it and so still feel completely free in nature but safe too. A plus, when lions are roaming about. The buffet and overall atmosphere was excellent and we were entertained by the private Savanna choir and dancers.

Returning back to my luxury tent to find a warm bath already drawn for me was a welcome surprise. I wasted no time slipping into it. Yip, work was far from my mind.”

ACCOMMODATION:
This exclusive five star lodge is a five to six hour drive from Johannesburg, and a perfect fly-in safari destination. There are nine suites, seven of which have tented roofs. Here, the elegance of a by-gone colonial era meets modern convenience.

ACTIVITIES:
•    Enjoy a massage in the privacy of your suite
•    Visit the curio and gift shop
•    Savanna offers excursions to nearby places of interest, such as the Panorama route, where you can visit an African village, local school and traditional healer, and learn about Shangaan culture and food
•    Visit an elephant sanctuary; feed and ride the gentle giants
•    Golf at Skukuza or the Leopard Creek course
•    Game drives: Big Five sightings are so frequent, you can spot lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino in a single game drive. Numerous nearby dams and a series of waterholes in front of the lodge attract wildlife, especially in the dry winter months when elephants visit daily.

And now, for the great lion roar:

Filmed by Ryan at Savanna Private Game Reserve

Keen to visit Savanna? We are too…

Contact us for more information and to book a trip or tailor make one that includes this Sabi Sand destination and more. We recommend, including Cape town and Vic Falls with a trip to Sabi Sand. See more here.