Situated in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, approximately 60km's from the town of Tzaneen is the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary.

SanWild’s exclusive Savannah Private Bush Camp has been named after a female leopard rescued in 2003 after hunters trapped her illegally for a canned hunt. Fortunately, an animal lover that heard about the planned illegal hunt passed information onto SanWild’s Armed Response Unit.

Savannah was trapped in a trap cage and when she fought desperately to free herself; biting and clawing at the metal bars, she broke her canines. Fortunately it could be repaired at the Onderstepoort veterinary institute in Pretoria. Sadly, at the time of her capture, she was nursing, but all attempts to find her unweaned cubs failed. After making a full recovery from her ordeal, Savannah was released at SanWild and regularly hunts in the area around the camp. In January 2008, she gave birth to two adorable cubs. Savannah hunts around the camp on a regular basis.



The 6000 hectare SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary has introduced numerous rescued and rehabilitated wild animals including impala, kudu, blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, waterbuck, common and mountain reedbuck, grey duiker, nyala, giraffe, zebras, steenbok, rhinos, hippos and elephants. Some very elusive and rare creatures like pangolin and aardvark have also chosen of their own accord to make this protected reserve their home. Wild leopard and cheetahs roam freely and a pack of rescued African Wild Dogs will be introduced shortly. Many small predators like serval, caracal and civets can also be seen in the reserve and the sanctuary’s large predator Cats’ Rescue centre is home to a number of lions rescued from South Africa’s sordid canned lion breeding and hunting industry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The stylish Savannah Private Bush Camp consists of four luxury chalets with en-suite bathrooms and thatched roofs. Satellite television is available in all the chalets.

The central facility is set in beautiful gardens with a rock pool where guests can escape the heat while keeping a close eye on a wide variety of wild animals drinking from the waterhole a mere 80 meters away. The camp is completely fenced to keep out SanWild’s large wild animals like elephants, rhinos and hippos.

Your hosts are ready to welcome you and to ensure that your stay is a memorable one. Meals are served in the dining room cum lounge that has a huge fireplace for those cold rainy days. A veranda under thatch leads off to the dining room and includes a small pub where guests can relax or socialize during the day. Some evenings are spent in the open-air boma area where meals can be prepared next to a campfire or you might very well be surprised with a bush supper that is enjoyed in the bush. These special suppers are offered in the wilderness areas of the reserve and the venue is changed regularly to provide a unique and special bush experience.

A maximum of eight to ten people can be accommodated in the Savannah Private Bush Camp at any given time. The camp is also available to groups or for corporate bookings.

Guided eco-ranger walks are done very early in the morning or you can choose to take a leisurely morning or afternoon game drive. Night drives are done by special arrangement.

SanWild has a courtesy vehicle available that can collect groups consisting of no less that 6-10 people from afar as OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg or any other venue with prior agreement. Please ask us for a quotation. The drive from Johannesburg will take approximately 4.5 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

Echo caves

 

 

 

Elephant Museum KNP

 

 

Bourke's Luck Potholes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profits generated from the Savannah Private Bush Camp are applied on an equal basis to animal emergency rescues, resource management and the running of the wildlife rehabilitation centre.

 

Guest Information Form - Please note this is an online form, you will be re-directed to an outside link to fill in this form.

 

Reservation Form - Please note this is an online form, you will be re-directed to an outside link to fill in this form.

 

Rates for Savannah Private Bush Camp

 

Our fully inclusive rates for the period 2010:

(Prices are subject to change without prior notice)

 

Rates per person per night sharing (Double):

 

ZAR - 1500.00

 

To check for the amount in your local currency please visit the currency converter site XE.com here.

 

Rates per person per night (single supplement):

 

ZAR - 1850.00

 

To check for the amount in your local currency please visit the currency converter site XE.com here.

  • Children under 4 sharing with their parents stay for free

  • Children between 4 - 8 get a 50% discount.

  • Children between 9 -12 get a 25% discount

  • Children over 12 pay full price.

Deposit / Cancellation policy:

  • A deposit of 50% is payable within 7 days of making a provisional booking.

Once a reservation deposit or full payment has been processed on your booking with us and you find yourself unable to visit you have the following options in relation to the payments already made to SanWild.

  • If you cancel three months prior to your arrival you will receive a 80% refund of the total paid.
  • If you cancel two months prior to your arrival you will receive a 50% refund of the total paid.
  • If you cancel 1 month before arrival no refund will be made.
  • You can also choose to transfer your booking to another person or nominee.
  • You may change your reserved dates to a later or earlier date subject to availability in our camps.
  • After arrival should you wish to cut your stay short, no refund will be made.
  • No refund will be given for bookings made in December and January.
  • Cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to reservations@sanwild.org 
  • SanWild reserves the right to cancel the booking should payment not be received.

If you would like to convert the currency, you can use the following website http://www.xe.com/ucc/

 

What to expect:

Guests Arrival

  • Book in time - 12h00 – 13h00 pm (when self drive to SanWild) or
  • Collection from Phalaborwa or Hoedspruit airports at set flight arrival times.
  • Guests sign indemnity form at SanWild office on arrival.
  • Guests will be given a chalet number
  • Guests will then be escorted up to their chalets.
  • Welcoming drinks to be served for arrival of new guests

In Rooms on Arrival

  • Welcome chocolates and hamper for honeymoon couples.
  • Shampoo, conditioners, soap.
  • Mosquito machine.
  • Hairdryer.
  • Two point plug.
  • Kettle with two mugs, sugar, milk, cremora, coffee, tea.
  • Water jug with two glasses (fresh water daily)
  • Towels.
  • Extra blankets and pillows.
  • Fan.
  • Reserve rules and regulations.
  • Savannah Private Bush camp Program (Times of breakfast, lunch and dinner, game drives, ranger walks.)
  • List and prices of optional day trips to nearby tourism destinations.
  • List of the items in room and quantities.
  • Candles in bathrooms with the en-suite corner baths.
  • Conservation Magazines.
  • List of emergency mobile and telephone numbers of staff.
  • Rechargeable light for power outage.
  • Laundry Bag with check list of the items to be placed in the bag with room number.

Honesty Bar

Honesty Bar (Guests help themselves and tick off items used that will be charged to their account prior to departure. A form is supplied for this purpose at the bar.) Please note that no own alcohol is allowed.

 Bush walks:

  • Either a bush walk or game drive available each day.
  • Coffee, tea (or juice) and rusks will be served on the patio before departure
  • Bottled water available (Honesty bar)
  • Children younger than 12 years are not allowed on ranger walks, but can come along on game drives, accompanied by their parents.

Daily programmes are subject to change without prior notice.

Breakfast:

  • Coffee, tea and juice will be readily available
  • Breakfast Buffet

 Lunch:

  • Light Lunch or high tea will be served.

Late afternoon Game Drive / Dinner:

  • Game Drive leaves at 16:00 pm.
  • Blankets and refreshments will be supplied on game drive.
  • Guest can relax at the bar or at the lapa before dinner.

General / Optional:

  • Laundry service daily for a fee.
  • Pool Towels to be arranged.
  • No Smoking in chalets.
  • Ashtrays provided at the outdoor boma.
  • Guests leaving SanWild for their own day trips must return by 18:00 pm when entrance gate closes.

Departure:

After breakfast:

  • Rooms to be vacated and ready for cleaning and checking  by 11:00am
  • Cleaning staff will check inventory list first, to report any items lost of broken
  • Guest to check out at the SanWild office (to calculate the Honesty bar account)
  • Guest to sign Guest registry

Optional activities

  • Visits to the Rehab Centre with prior arrangement from 14:00 – 16:00pm
  • All of the below are at additional cost to guests, please arrange with your hosts, Ellen and Gary at the camp.
  • Shopping trip to Tzaneen.
  • Restaurant visit in Tzaneen (Supper) Guests pay for themselves.
  • Optional day trips to other places of interest.
  • Range of nearby adventure activities such as “Kloofing”, white water rafting, hot air balloon safaris, helicopter flips.

 

You can watch a short video of SanWild on our SanWild Movies Page

To download a brochure of the camps please click here.

For more information and to make a booking for your stay in the Savannah Bush Camp contact

Lizel Kachelhoffer on- reservations@sanwild.org +27 (0)21-981 6829 or
 +27 (0)84 441 6752.

 

Electronic bank transfers for Savannah Bush Camp Payments

SANWILD WILDLIFE TRUST


ABSA, DANIE JOUBERT STREET, TZANEEN, 0850

SOUTH AFRICA

BRANCH CODE: 334349

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 9111221180

SWIFT CODE FOR INTERNATIONAL BANKING TRANSFERS: ABSAZAJJ

IBAN CODE: ZA632005

 

 

Mac Mac Falls

Blyde River Canyon

Painting of Savannah by Elsa Cornelissen