Safari Lodge
Safari lodges represent the most luxurious form of safari accommodation. Like tented safari camps, safari lodges focus on southern Africa's abundant wildlife, with the natural beauty of the surroundings being an added bonus. Activities at safari lodges center around safari game drives and night drives, with most lodges also offering the opportunity for safari walks.
Safari lodges tend to be a little closer to civilization than tented safari camps and are very luxurious, featuring modern conveniences such as telephone and internet connection, climate control, and relatively easy access. Some of South Africa's top safari lodges are among the most luxurious and pampering properties anywhere in the world, with exquisite accommodation, gourmet cuisine, and world class spa facilities.
The defining characteristic of a safari lodge (as opposed to a tented safari camp) is that safari lodges have solid walls and glass windows, creating more of a separation between internal and external environments. Safari lodges are most commonly found in South Africa, with a few in Namibia.
The list below represents some of our preferred safari lodges in southern Africa.
- Angama Mara (Maasai Mara, Kenya)
- Beho Beho (Selous Reserve, Tanzania)
- Dulini Private Game Reserve (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Elsas Kopje (Meru Park, Kenya)
- Hog Hollow Country House (Garden Route, South Africa)
- Ilala Lodge (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
- Jabali Ridge (Ruaha Park, Tanzania)
- Jabulani Safari (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Kings Camp (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Lewa Borana Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau, Kenya)
- Londolozi Private Game Reserve (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Madikwe Hills Lodge (Madikwe Reserve, South Africa)
- Makweti Safari Lodge (Welgevonden Reserve, South Africa)
- Mala Mala Private Game Reserve (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Matetsi Victoria Falls (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
- Mateya Safari Lodge (Madikwe Reserve, South Africa)
- Ngala Private Game Reserve (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Ngorongoro Crater Lodge (Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania)
- Ol Donyo Lodge (Amboseli National Park, Kenya)
- Ongava Private Game Reserve (Etosha Park, Namibia)
- Phinda Private Game Reserve (Maputaland, South Africa)
- Sand Rivers Selous (Selous Reserve, Tanzania)
- Sandibe Safari Lodge (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
- Sasaab Lodge (Samburu Reserve, Kenya)
- Segera Retreat (Laikipia Plateau, Kenya)
- Singita Grumeti (Serengeti, Tanzania)
- Singita Lebombo (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- Singita Pamushana (Gonarezhou - Malilangwe, Zimbabwe)
- Singita Private Game Reserve (Kruger Park, South Africa)
- The Matusadona (Matusadona Park, Zimbabwe)
- Tsala Treetops Lodge (Garden Route, South Africa)