You head to Hoedspruit Airport today. You return your hire car before hopping on the shared shuttle to Umlani Bush Camp.

Transfer time – Hoedspruit Airport to Timbavati Game Reserve: 1 – 1½ hours

The Timbavati forms part of the 2 million hectare Greater Kruger National Park. It was the first private game reserve to be incorporated into the Kruger National Park and is part of one of Africa’s most innovative conservation partnership agreements. The Timbavati is 14 700 hectares (36 300 acres) and shares an unfenced boundary with Kruger National Park. Track the Big Five, as well as a rich variety of other game such as antelope, zebra, warthog, giraffe and hippo, in the company of an armed ranger and local Shangaan tracker. Bird viewing is spectacular, with over 360 recorded species including various eagles, vultures, kingfishers, woodpeckers, buzzards, herons, egrets, owls, weavers. The Timbavati is also home to the world-famous “White Lions of Timbavati”.

You enjoy your last game drive in the Timbavati Game reserve before you are collected and transferred to your second safari lodge in the Northern section of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. You check into your lodge and have a bit of time to freshen up and settle in before embarking on your afternoon game drive.

Transfer time – Timbavati Game Reserve to Sabi Sand Game Reserve: ± 2 hours

Forming part of the Greater Kruger National Park, the Sabi Sand Reserve has no fences and the wildlife is able to cross freely between the Sabi Sands and the rest of the Greater Kruger National Park. The safari experience in the Sabi Sand is highly personalised because game drive vehicles have exclusive traversing rights in their area. The Sabi Sand Reserve is a remarkable natural sanctuary known for its exceptionally high concentration of animal and bird life. Close contact encounters are guaranteed as the animals are not threatened by the presence of vehicles thanks to sound conservation management policies. Safaris are led by experienced rangers coupled with local Shangaan trackers. With exceptional sightings of leopard (usually the most elusive of cats), lion, rhino, elephant and buffalo during game drives – visitors are never lacking in exciting photographic content.

You enjoy your last game drive and breakfast in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve before you are collected and transferred to the Hoedspruit Airport for your flight to Johannesburg.

Transfer time – Sabi Sand North Reserve to Hoedspruit: ± 2 hours