Wine Dine and Play

Review of Private Lodges Sabi Sands

A Safari and gastric adventure

A Safari and gastric adventure

When you travel to Africa, the highlight of your trip and what most people visit for are the safaris and see the animals in the wild instead of watching it on the Discovery Channel. For me, I mainly came for the cuisine and the safari, and I got a fantastic mixture of both. I did my research to see what I would like to do, and how I would like to do it. The most famous game park in South Africa was Kruger National Park which receives millions of tourists every year. When I read into, I saw the restrictions about what you could or could not do while in the park. Then I read about Sabi Sand, the neighbor to Kruger, except that it was a private reserve, with no restrictions like the Kruger Park had. The private reserve was a chance to be one on one with nature, and to also do it in luxury. My only decision now was to choose one of sixteen lodges on the private reserve, which also included one that was owned by Richard Branson. After careful review, I chose Leopard Hills Lodge.

Leopard Hills was just outstanding, the entire experience is well worth the money, and I highly recommend it to anyone traveling to South Africa and planning to do a safari. Avoid the tourist trap known as Kruger National
Park and all of its crazy rules. See a real safari and enjoy five star services all the way. Leopard hills, you will see me again. you can read my full review by visiting the wine, dine, and Play blog, under the blog archives for January 2014, follow the link for The Leopard Hills Lodge, their are many pictures and video's to watch.