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Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge
An eco-luxury retreat in the heart of Africa's wilderness
Located within the Sabi Sabi Reserve, the Earth Lodge stands as a beacon of environmentally sensitive luxury, seamlessly blending cutting-edge design with the rugged beauty of the African bush. This avant-garde lodge, with its innovative bunker-style architecture, mimics the natural folds of the landscape, creating a harmonious and serene retreat that feels both sophisticated and intimately connected to its surroundings.
The lodge features twelve ultra-modern suites and a luxury villa, each a testament to contemporary elegance and minimalist design. These suites offer a unique blend of luxury and nature, providing a warm, almost burrow-like ambiance that enhances the sense of tranquility and sophistication. The Earth Lodge’s state-of-the-art design ensures that its presence is both subtle and respectful to the environment, aligning perfectly with its rich, wild surroundings.
Guests of the Earth Lodge can embark on extraordinary safari experiences within the Sabi Sabi Reserve, renowned for its rich concentration of wildlife, including the legendary Big Five.
Highlights
Discover spacious and elegant suites, each with its unique connection to the environment
Relax in your private plunge pool while enjoying breathtaking views of the bush
Savour gourmet meals crafted by expert chefs using locally sourced ingredients
Enjoy a dining experience under the stars with their outdoor boma and bush dinners
Discover a selection of South Africa’s finest wines at the wine cellar
Join expert rangers on exhilarating game drives to witness the Big Five in their natural habitat
Take guided walking safaris to learn about the smaller creatures and plant life of the bush
Indulge in rejuvenating treatments at the on-site Amani Spa
The impact of your stay:
- As a guest, you help support wide range of conservation efforts to safeguard local flora and fauna, such as rhino de-horning, employing an anti-poaching team, implementing water conservation programmes and monitoring biodiversity and environmental impact.
- Your stay directly contributes to the Sabi Foundation, which partners with local non-profit organisations to provide ongoing targeted support to initiatives such as the Swa Vana Children’s Project and the Dreamfields Sports Programme. Through these partnerships, they are actively engaged in community development, education, hospitality and conservation.
- The Sabi Sabi Ranger Academy offers local students the opportunity to be trained in the art of guiding and tracking, providing a platform for them to become conservationists and enter the hospitality industry.
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Places to combine Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge with
The Kalahari
The malaria free Tswalu Reserve, owned by the Oppenheimer family, consists of over 100,000 hectares of the ‘green’ Kalahari grasslands home to eighty mammal species and 340 varieties of bird.
Furthermore, the reserve is not further divided up into concessions or reserves and the only accommodation is the Motse Camp and Tarkuni House, which only allow for a maximum of thirty guests at one time in the entire of Tswalu. If you are staying for three nights or more you’ll also get a complimentary private vehicle, guide and tracker to make this your very own private Kalahari. The motto is, if you see another Range Rover on your game drives, complain.
And whilst you really couldn’t get any further from a package holiday, the accommodation at Tswalu truly does have it all ‘wrapped up’ as far as a five-star safari lodge goes, with more luxury, authenticity, exclusivity and conscientiousness than any other in Africa. Having won awards for both their spa and conservation work, you just have to see the efforts they make to look after the wildlife and support local communities to know the lengths they go to look after you.
