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Located in the most prestigious game spotting region in South Africa – in the Sabi Sand, the Exeter Private Game Reserve offers something for everyone, no matter whether you are looking for an exceptional family destination or for peace and relaxation. Bordered the world-famous Kruger National Park, this area is well respected as being one of the finest game viewing areas on the planet. Nestled beneath soaring ebony trees, the lodge is run by andBeyond, one of Africa’s best known and the most luxurious safari companies.

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Located in the heart of the legendary Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa, Singita Ebony Lodge is the founding safari lodge of the Singita brand. Situated alongside the Kruger National Park, this diverse habitat is well-known for its diversity and concentration of big game. The absence of fencing allows animals migrate between the two reserves. Lying in the shade of jackalberry trees, Singita Ebony combines an outstanding big five safari with extravagant accommodation making it the perfect choice for honeymooners or couples wanting exclusivity.

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Consists of 130 km² of private land, Mala Mala Game Reserve has long been regarded as one of the top big game viewing destinations in the world. Situated within the Sabi Sand Reserve in the province of Mpumalanga, this is the largest big five game reserve in South Africa. It shares a common border with the Kruger National Park of over 19kms. Actually there are no fences between the Kruger Park and MalaMala, with the animals free to roam between the two reserves. The game reserved opened in 1964, Mala Mala Game Reserve is possibly the most well-known private wildlife reserve in the Sabi Sands and today this area is known to have the greatest diversification of animal species on the African continent.

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Situated at the heart of the malaria-free Eastern Cape Province, near Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is perfect beginning or ending to a journey along the famed Garden Route. Consists of 22 000 hectares farmland, the reserve features elegant safari lodges offering world-class sophistication and style in the African bush. The area is steeped in history and culture, offering guests an exceptional and unique safari experience. From exhilarating game drives and specialist safaris to historical talks and cultural visits, Kwandwe has it all.

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Ulusaba Private Game Reserve is a member of Virgin Limited Edition’s award-winning collection of retreats. Owned by Sir Richard Branson, this luxury safari lodge is located in the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, near Kruger National Park.  Whether you choose to go on a luxury safari drive or enjoy a guided African safari game walk in the open bush, here you’ll have more than 13,500 hectares of unspoilt African bush to taste spoils of Africa in piece and tranquillity. Ulusaba is an ideal spot for weddings and milestone celebrations.

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Listed as one of the World’s Best Hotels in 2009 and 2011 by the influential Travel + Leisure magazine, the Singita Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania‘s very own Serengeti National Park is one of the World’s most amazing places to visit and stay. The area encompasses 400,000 acres of unrivalled wilderness and forms part of the famous migratory route, which is traversed by hundreds of thousands of animals every year. Situated on a rocky slope, basking in a dense habitat of abundant animal species and birdlife, Singita Grumeti Reserves lend a contemporary style signature to safari.

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Honorable 5 miles from the Slip (which effectuation it’s not just close anything, but if you have a car, it’s also not far), Western-themed Sam’s Town is immensely touristed with locals and tourists alike. With extant trees and wetting fountains, quality silly animatronic animals, it’s a good, albeit stylized place to locomote through and sit. If you’re prompt for fun, then you’re primed for Sam’s Town Hotel & Diversion Room in Las Vegas!

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The Zambezi Queen gives you a unique sophisticated and elegant experience that has not lost the essence of all that is simply African. There can be few natural wonders as synonymous with Africa’s raw wilderness as the great Chobe River. These waters divide Namibia’s Caprivi Strip from Botswana’s Chobe National Park, and its exotic banks boast one of the densest populations of wildlife on the African continent.

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Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve is 39,206 hectares (392 square km) in size at the core of an 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants among other wildlife species. The park also protects two of the five main swamps, and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake and semi-arid vegetation. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

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The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a ‘place of sanctuary’ for an impressive variety of wildlife due to its location in the transitional zone between the dry western and moister eastern regions of South Africa. Contrasting majestic mountain landscapes, grass-clad hills and deep valleys characterize the park. Rare finds of yellowwood and cedar trees, five metre high cycads and tree ferns, are some of the plant species found here. All the large game species from elephant and rhino to the big cats as well as an amazing variety of birds including what’s probably the largest colony of endangered Cape vultures (more than 800 breeding pairs) in the world, have settled here.

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