Sabi Sand and Malamala
The journey, one day at a time
Into Sabi Sand
Arrive in Sabi Sand, met and transferred to your accommodation.
Off-road leopard country
Off-road, tracker-led drives for the world's finest leopard viewing, with the full Big Five.
Off-road leopard country
Dawn and dusk drives following the cats by sign — leopard, lion and more, up close.
Off-road leopard country
Off-road, tracker-led drives for the world's finest leopard viewing, with the full Big Five.
On to MalaMala
Transfer to MalaMala and settle in, with time to get your bearings.
Big Five on the Sand River
Off-road drives on a vast private traverse for the Big Five, with few vehicles and the Sand River's game.
Big Five on the Sand River
More of the river country — lion, leopard and buffalo, unhurried and exclusive.
Departure
A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Dry-season bush
Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.
Green summer & the Cape
Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
MalaMala Rattray’s Camp
The flagship suites at MalaMala, over the Sand River on the reserve's vast private traverse.
Londolozi
A legendary family-run Sabi Sand lodge — a pioneer of the leopard viewing the reserve is famous for.
Singita Boulders
Singita's flagship Sabi Sand lodge on the Sand River — a benchmark for refined safari luxury.
Cheetah Plains
A strikingly modern, all-electric exclusive-use villa lodge in Sabi Sand, design-forward and private.
MalaMala Sable Camp
A polished tented camp, on the Sand River traverse.
Dulini
A polished lodge, for the off-road leopard viewing.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.