Surely one of the top Timbavati safari lodges has to be the exclusive use Simbavati River Sands in this premium wilderness of Timbavati Private Nature Reserve bordering Kruger National Park. Combine luxury and opulence in this five-star safari lodge in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve. Find it bordering Kruger with exceptional views over a private waterhole, part of the Simbavati Collection and close to the Kruger National Park main gates.
The spirit of Timbavati is indeed what the word means – ‘the place where something sacred came down to earth from the heavens’ because this pristine land is home to a plethora of wildlife, indigenous vegetation and flowing rivers. Find Simbavati on the banks of the Kruger Park, Nhlaralumi River, a unique setting for families and honeymoons, just one villa with two bedrooms, made for solitude in nature.
Animals move freely between the two famous reserves, unfenced and huge, a paradise of some 40 mammal species including the gorgeous white lions. Did you know that there are only about 500 white lions left in the world, in captivity? This phenomenon is known as Leucism and the famous White Lions of the Timbavati were first noticed in 1938 but it’s believed that they been around for centuries.
This private Timbavati villa only accommodates four people in two bedrooms with exquisite views of the river and the Greater Kruger bushveld.
Picture a vast wooden viewing deck and crystal-clear swimming pool carved into the rocks with an innovate water feature and blending onto the horizon, an oasis in the dry veld at River Sands. Lay on the king size bed in the early hours as the birds come alive and watch the sunrise before you, then pop into the outside rain shower to wake up before a thrilling game drive where coffee and snacks await.
Guests love the traditional safari ambience at this Timbavati River Lodge and its modern take on old style décor. The private intimacy at Simbavati River Sands is enhanced with fantastic soothing spa treatments and a fully-equipped fitness center – thank goodness for the activity as the meals are so heavenly and decadent too.
Choose the Simbavati Collection in Timbavati Private Game Reserve near Kruger. River Sands is an exceptional private villa for exclusive use, on the Nhlaralumi River.
Small, intimate, single villa featuring only 4 beds, Simbavati River Sands Luxury Lodge is for a family, a honeymoon couple or a group of close friends who seek exclusivity in the deep wilds of Kruger National park. In fact, this Timbavati Private Nature Reserve shares unfenced boundaries with Kruger and allows animals to run free.
Game drives at River Sands are exceptional – just you and the ranger and his dedicated tracker, looking for game around every corner. Wake up at dawn to the chorus of birds, sip coffee under trees somewhere special as your ranger shares his knowledge about the birds, the landscape and animals. Evening game drives are so sensory – smell that bush come alive, see the nocturnal animals arrive and the owls flit with the bats, watch the lions get ready to hunt, see a leopard running furtively.
Find this exclusive, all-inclusive villa on the banks of the Kruger Park’s Nhlaralumi River in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve, an idyllic region where the Big 5 roam and peace abounds. Watch game at all hours from the deck and maybe the elephants will drink from the swimming pool too affording exciting photographic opportunities.
Simbavati’ s River Lodge is loved for its intimacy and service, Dinners around the boma with real African food, real African wildlife and the real African hospitality.
Watch elephants visit the waterhole and drink from the swimming pool as you sip a gin and tonic right next to them at River Sands! This is paradise and you can be part of it, in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve.
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