Best Time To Travel
An all-year-round safari destination where the variation in experience is temperature-related rather than safari-related as we do not have any migratory species. The best bird-watching period is from October to April.

Location
Lion Sands is located in the Southern Sabi Sand Wildtuin; 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) of arguable Africa’s most pristine Big 5 territory; GPS: Ivory Lodge / 24º 58’ 24.1” S / 31º 31’ 46.5” E; River Lodge / 24º 58’ 16.9” S / 31º 31’ 55.4” E; 1933 Lodge / 24º 57’ 46.6” S / 31º 32’ 59.2” E

Activities
Morning and evening game drives in open safari vehicles; bush walks; bird watching; astronomy; bush breakfasts; bush dinners; hippo walks; safari lunches; wildlife lectures; treehouse, boma dinners; clay pigeon shooting, wellness treatments; local village experiences.

Rates
Rates include: Luxury accommodation; all meals, teas/coffees; selected local beverages (including soft drinks, local brand beers, spirits and house wines); two game drives daily; game drive refreshments and snacks; specified safari activities. Laundry and mini bar included at Ivory Lodge and 1933.

Rates exclude: Laundry; premium brand or imported beers, spirits, cellar wines and champagnes; mini bar, cigars and cigarettes; Skukuza airport transfers; gratuities; telephone; curio shop purchases; spa treatments; game reserve landing fees (airport departure tax); game reserve entrance/conservation fee; and activities not included (clay pigeon shooting, ballooning, helicopter flights, Chalkley treehouse, private safari vehicles, local village experience, elephant interaction experience).

Weather
The average mean rainfall for the year is 350mm, with most rainfall occurring during mid-summer (November - February). The rainfall generally occurs in the form of thunderstorms where a downpour is experienced very seldom lasting longer than a few hours. The mean average maximum temperatures range from 24.5°C/76.1F in July to
31.5°C/88.7F in January with the mean monthly minimum occurring in July at a temperature of 8.5°C/47.3F.

Access
There are four daily flights from O.R. Tambo International Airport (ORT) to Skukuza (SKZ) airfield with a flight time of approximately 1h10min.

The other option is to fly into the regional airport, Kruger Mpumalanaga Airport (MQP) which is serviced by commercial scheduled flights from Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg and then road transfer into the reserve. The road transfer is approximately 1h45min.

The driving time from Johannesburg is approximately 4.5 to 5 hours but we suggest if driving that you spend a night, en-route, along the Panorama route at any of the several mountain and or country lodges in this area ensuring you arrive fresh and ready for an incredible safari experience.

Our reservations can send you detailed information on both flight and self-drive access.

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