The Camp

Location: Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Number of Rooms: 9

Notten's Bush Camp is a tranquil nine-suite camp in the heart of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. One of the original private game lodges in South Africa, this family-run accommodation offers a low-key, authentic African safari experience. The spacious, open-plan suites feature an en suite bathroom with both indoor and outdoor showers and broad sliding glass doors that open onto your private wooden deck overlooking the bush. One of the most distinctive features of Notten's is its paraffin lanterns and candles, which replace electrical lighting. Charging facilities are available in the main area, where lounge and dining facilities sit under a timber roof and open out onto wooden decks. There is also a boma for al fresco meals on warmer evenings. A cozy wood-burning fireplace creates ambience in the cooler evenings. A 20-yard lap pool sits alongside a covered pavilion for relaxation between game drives, and an understated spa has both indoor and outdoor treatment rooms and a plunge pool.

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Facilities & Amenities

• En suite bathroom with indoor/outdoor showers
• Room fan
• 220v charging facilities in main area
• Swimming pool
• Spa (extra cost)
• Laundry (extra cost)
• Local drinks included (house alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks)

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Wildlife Viewing & Activities

Notten's Bush Camp sits in the heart of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, one of the original hollows of this wildlife-rich setting. The Sabi Sand is known as the home of the leopard, as well as elephant, black and white rhino, lion, buffalo, hyena, giraffe, zebra, and other plains game and bird life. Enjoy twice daily wildlife drives, optional guided bush walks, and back in camp you have the pool, spa and the many public areas to relax and enjoy the surrounding nature.

The Sabi Sand is known for great leopard viewing, healthy rhino populations and the rest of the Big Five, making it a great wildlife destination for all levels of safari experience. The below chart helps to illustrate major wildlife sightings often experienced here. Other typical sightings may include warthogs, baboons and a number of other mammals, birds and reptiles. Exact sightings will depend on weather and wildlife movements.

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