Kruger National Park · From Cape Town
Fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport and spend three nights inside Kruger National Park at Lower Sabie Rest Camp, with flights and game drives included.
Staying at Lower Sabie Rest Camp
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This 4-day Kruger safari from Cape Town spends three nights inside Kruger National Park at Lower Sabie Rest Camp, a riverside camp on the Sabie River in south-eastern Kruger, with hippos often visible from the camp. The extra night gives you the two best times for game viewing, sunrise and sunset, more than once.
You fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), and your guide meets you for the road journey into the park, then you join a SANParks sunset drive on day 1. Day 2 is a full day in the park, day 3 brings a sunrise drive and a sunset drive, and on day 4 a final sunrise drive comes before your flight back to Cape Town. The sunrise and sunset drives are SANParks guided drives in open vehicles from the camp, and the full day is with your own guide. Sightings are never guaranteed.
The price, the unit type at Lower Sabie and the meal basis are confirmed for your travel dates when you enquire.
What this 4-day Lower Sabie safari offers.
Hotel pick-up and direct flight to MQP
Guide meets you; road transfer into the park
Three nights; SANParks sunrise and sunset drives and a full-day safari
Flight from MQP (Airlink at about 1.20 pm or FlySafair at about 3.20 pm, subject to availability) and hotel drop-off on day 4
Route overview, not a map. The gate used and travel times are confirmed when you book.
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You are collected from your Cape Town hotel about two hours before your Airlink flight to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), which departs at about 8.00 am or 10.00 am depending on availability. The direct flight takes about 2½ hours, and your guide meets you on arrival for the road journey into Kruger National Park.
You reach Lower Sabie Rest Camp in the early afternoon and check in. In the late afternoon you join a SANParks sunset drive in an open vehicle from the camp, about three hours, heading out before dusk and returning after dark with a spotlight to pick out nocturnal animals.
Overnight: Lower Sabie Rest Camp
Set out as the camp gates open for a full day in the park with your guide. Your guide explores the Sabie River and the roads around Lower Sabie, including Sunset Dam close to camp, looking for hippo, elephant, buffalo and the big cats that range across this part of the south.
You return to Lower Sabie before the camp gates close.
Overnight: Lower Sabie Rest Camp
Join a SANParks sunrise drive, which leaves the camp about half an hour before the gates open, the best time to find predators still active after the night. Return to Lower Sabie for breakfast and a rest through the heat of the day, with time for the pool or the camp's facilities.
In the late afternoon, set out on a SANParks sunset drive, returning after dark with a spotlight.
Overnight: Lower Sabie Rest Camp
Enjoy a final SANParks sunrise drive of about three hours. Then check out of Lower Sabie Rest Camp and your guide drives you to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP) in good time for your flight to Cape Town: Airlink at about 1.20 pm or FlySafair at about 3.20 pm, subject to availability. A representative meets you in Cape Town and transfers you to your hotel.
Rates depend on your travel dates, group size and room type. Send us your dates and we will confirm the rate for this safari.
You stay three nights at Lower Sabie Rest Camp, a SANParks camp inside Kruger National Park. The camp has a restaurant with a deck overlooking the river, a shop, a swimming pool, a filling station and a laundromat, with communal kitchens and braai areas. Accommodation ranges from huts and bungalows to furnished safari tents, a guest house and camping sites. The unit type is confirmed for your travel dates.
The 4-day safari adds a third night at Lower Sabie Rest Camp, so you get a sunset safari on arrival, a full day, sunrise and sunset drives on day 3 and a final sunrise drive: five game drives instead of three.
You fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP) with Airlink, departing at about 8.00 am or 10.00 am depending on availability; the flight takes about 2½ hours, and your guide meets you for the road journey into the park.
Return direct flights from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), hotel transfers in Cape Town, road transfers between MQP and the camp, three nights at Lower Sabie Rest Camp, four SANParks sunrise and sunset drives, a full-day safari with your guide and Kruger conservation fees are included; the meal basis is confirmed in your quotation.
Lower Sabie lies on the southern bank of the Sabie River in south-eastern Kruger. Skukuza is 43 km away along the tarred H4-1, one of the busiest game-viewing roads in the park, and Sunset Dam is about 1 km from the camp.
SANParks rangers run the sunrise and sunset drives in open vehicles from the camp. Each lasts about three hours: sunrise drives leave about half an hour before the gates open, and sunset drives return after dark with a spotlight. SANParks does not allow children under 6 on these drives.
Hippos are often seen from inside the camp, and the river attracts elephant, buffalo and plenty of birdlife, including kingfishers, storks and hornbills. The area is within range of all of the Big Five, and cheetah, genet, serval and porcupine also occur. Sightings are never guaranteed.
Yes, we can arrange this safari privately for couples, families and groups; ask when you enquire.
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