THE SABI SAND GAME RESERVE:
The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is ecologically and geographically linked to the Kruger National Park. This region of the Lowveld has a greater variety of game than Kenya. So diverse is its habitat and wildlife that you have an excellent chance of experiencing close encounters with the "Big 5" (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard) as well as six species of cat; 20 species of antelope, several dog-like species including spotted hyena, cape hunting dog, 2 species of jackal, as well as a variety of smaller mammals such as genet, squirrel, mongoose, civet, honeybadger, porcupine and hare. The Sabi Sand boasts the world’s largest land mammal (elephant), tallest (giraffe), fastest (cheetah) and smallest (dwarf shrew) and a wondrous array of bird species.
Botanically, this is a wonderland. At the Sabi Sand there is a greater variety of plant life than in the whole of Europe. With its unique 10km frontage on the perennial Sabie River, biologically the richest waterway in South Africa, the reserve is blessed with a great diversity of habitat, from acacia woodland to riverine forest.
Sabi Sand Game Reserve adjoins the south western side of the Kruger National Park in the Mpumalanga Lowveld/ Eastern Transvaal Lowveld. The Sabi Sand Game Reserve was formed in 1950 and comprises many private game farms covering an area of 65,000 Ha of "Bushveld". As there are no fences between the private game reserves and the Kruger National Park, the animals can move unhindered between the two areas.