The Travel Butlers Blog
Commencing on May 4th, Comair (operated by BA), will be introducing a new flight schedule between Johannesburg (airport code JNB) and the Kruger Mpumalanga / Nelspruit airport (airport code MQP). The flights will run daily (apart from on Saturdays). From Johannesburg, the flight number is BA 6251, and will depart at 10.40 am, landing at […] Read More
Book 3 nights at Lion Sands River Lodge in the Sabi Sand Reserve and receive 2 nights FREE in Cape Town, either in a Standard Room at the Cape Cadogan, or a Luxury Apartment at More Quarters Apartments ! Both the properties in Cape Town are conveniently located just off fashionable Kloof Street, with some […] Read More
Bateleur Charters have just announced that they are offering a brand new service for safari goers to the Sabi Sands Game Reserve. This new service will be launched on 1st May. They will fly daily from the Johannesburg O.R. Tambo to the Sabi Sands Reserve, departing Johannesburg at about 11.15 am and landing in Sabi […] Read More
Savanna tented lodge in the Sabi Sands has always been a favourite of ours here at Travel Butlers – in fact it was the first place that Tracey & I ever went on safari all those years ago! You should have seen her face when I said we were staying in a tent….and then again when she saw […] Read More
Fpr guests recently staying at the Inyati Private Game Reserve, in the Sabi Sands Reserve which forms part of the Greater Kruger Park, they have been treated to some wonderful elephant sightings. The lodge itself is situated right on the banks of the Sand River, and their particular stretch of the river has become a […] Read More
Guests at Singita in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve have been priviledges to witness some great lion sightings recently, including battles with large herds of buffalo. One pride of lions surpassed themselves on one hunt, and took down 6 buffalo in one go – enough to feed on for quite a few days ! We […] Read More
Guests at Sabi Sabi will often look back with fond memories, not only of their safari experience, but also they will remember the stories and African folklore often shared with them by the friendly Shangaan lodge staff and the regular dancers who entertain guests after evening meals. Most of these staff members come from the […] Read More
Sightings of spotted hyena are quite rare due to their low numbers, therefore any sighting of these magnificent animals is a special one – but recently guests at Lion Sands River Lodge and Lion Sands Ivory Lodge, in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, were treated to the most incredible sighting ! One of the rangers […] Read More
A particular female leopard in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve has become a regular sighting for guests at Lion Sands on game drives over the last couple of months. On most occasions when the she has been sighted they have seen her moving in and around the dry riverbeds and the thicket vegetation surrounding the […] Read More
Travel + Leisure Magazine USA has just completed its 2009 Worlds Best Service Awards, asking its readers to nominate destinations around the globe that “really deliver”. The results were published in the magazine’s June edition, and Sabi Sabi is honoured to have been voted as 7th best hotel overall in the world, the only South […] Read More
