South Africa is the easiest place in the world to see the Big Five well — and the hardest place to choose between the lodges that show them to you. There are hundreds, ranging from canvas tents under leadwoods to suites with their own butler.
Our SafariStays shortlist is the lodges and tented camps we'd send our own families to: private concessions in the Greater Kruger, Phinda's five eco-systems in KwaZulu-Natal, the Sabi Sand's famous leopards, and the malaria-free Waterberg for first-time safari travellers.
Every one is either rated 4★ or above by guests, or vetted in person by us.
