Savanna Private Game Reserve
Suites with private heated plunge pools, plus a 2-bedroom suite · West and central sector, served by Newington Gate. Independently owned, not part of any group. · Savanna Private Game Reserve
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High-end
Inside the park
Owner-run
Savanna sits along the Sand River in the west-central sector, with its own published traversing figure of over 10,000 hectares rather than the whole reserve's total. Rates run from R21,000 per person sharing in 2026 to R27,300 in the 2027 Executive Suite, all meals, drinks, two daily drives and transfers from Ulusaba Airstrip included. Savanna pays the reserve's Tier 2 Guest Conservation Contribution directly, R576.50 to R578.99 per person in 2026 depending on the date, capped at three nights' charge, plus a R505 per person airstrip passenger tax each way.
Why you'd pick it
- Traverses over 10,000 hectares of bushveld along the Sand River, its own published figure
- Pays the reserve's Tier 2 Guest Conservation Contribution, R576.50 to R578.99 per person in 2026
- The Savanna Suite is a 2-bedroom unit that can sleep 4 to 6 guests as one booking
Rates
From R21,000 pppn (2026, Luxury Suite). 2026 (flat rate, no seasonal bands): Luxury Suite R21,000 per person sharing, single R31,500; Executive Suite R25,250 per person sharing, single R37,875; the Savanna Suite R124,850 a night for the whole unit (4 adults, or 2 adults and 3 children). 2027: Luxury Suite R22,700, Executive Suite R27,300; the Savanna Suite's 2027 rate was not published on the site we checked. VAT included. Converted at 1 USD = 17.6 ZAR on 16 September 2026, the Luxury Suite is about $1,193 in 2026 and $1,290 in 2027. Savanna charges the Sabi Sand Guest Conservation Contribution at its Tier 2 rate: R576.50 per person from 1 January to 31 March 2026, R578.99 from 1 April to 31 December 2026, capped at a maximum 3-night charge.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates and fees come from each lodge's own website, read 16 September 2026, cross-checked against the Sabi Sand Wildtuin's own published Guest Conservation Contribution and access fees at sabisand.co.za (the landowners' association, spelled without an 's') and against a reserve overview compiled the same day. Two booking-agent microsites, sabisands.com and sabisands.co.za (both spelled with an 's', unrelated to the association), were checked for cross-reference only and are not used as a source for any rate or levy figure. Ulusaba's own site quotes no nightly rate for its three lodges, so those are recorded as rates on request. Sabi Sabi and MalaMala are not on the Sabi Sand Wildtuin's own lodge list, and neither states whether the reserve's own conservation contribution applies to a stay there; both maintain their own separate levy or none at all, as noted lodge by lodge.