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Family-owned and managed since the early 1930s, Lion Sands runs four lodges along 13 miles of Sabie River frontage in southern Sabi Sand — from the conventional River Lodge to Ivory Lodge's ultra-luxury treehouse-style villas. The reserve has traversing rights into both Sabi Sand and Kruger itself, and is known for exceptional leopard sightings.
What sets it apart
One of the few Sabi Sand properties to publish an actual starting rate rather than routing everyone through a quote request.
Who it suits
Travellers wanting a clear published price anchor before enquiring further, across a spread of price tiers on one reserve.
The essentials
| Country | South Africa |
| Where | Southern Sabi Sand Game Reserve, along 13 miles of the Sabie River |
| Property type | private lodge (four lodges) |
| Rooms | Four lodges: River Lodge, Ivory Lodge (9 ultra-luxury villas), Tinga Lodge, Narina Lodge (unit counts for the latter two not published) |
| Malaria | No malaria-zone statement was found for this specific property; check current guidance before travelling. |
What it costs
"From" rates per person sharing per night, quoted directly on the official site: River Lodge from US$1,722; Narina and Tinga Lodges from US$1,953; Ivory Lodge from US$2,994. No season or travel dates were attached to these figures — treat as a starting point, not a guaranteed current rate.
About the photographs
The pictures on this page are stock photographs chosen to suggest the kind of setting this property is in. They are not photographs of this property, and we cannot verify exactly where any of them was taken — a stock library records the photographer, not the place. We use them rather than borrow the property's own marketing images, which would imply we had stayed there. For pictures of the actual rooms, see the property's own site.