6-Day Cape Town & Kruger National Park Safari - Luxury - RACK

This is a great location for Cape Town virgins. A B&B in Oranjezicht. It's safe and easy to get to the centre and the Waterfront. Bit of a walk but only a short drive. You can park your car on the road outside the hotel. It's an elegant place that still feels like a home. Ornate ceilings, chandeliers, fireplaces, and plump home furnishings. Think wealthy family home. With neat gardens back and front.

9 luxury and grand rooms - all decorated in different ways. They have large windows, free standing baths and antique decor.

Some of the rooms have balconies, some have patios. Some are detached from the main house. There’s the choice of twin or double beds and views of the city and mountains are available from most rooms.

All the rooms have original elements with a contemporary vibe thrown in.

This is a house and there are steps, no lift. There’s a room on the third floor - worth the climb once you look out of the window. And it leads to Abbey Manor’s roof top deck which is embarrassingly close to Table Mountain. You won’t miss it. Unless there’s a cloud on your head.

Listen to the deafening silence. Lion, leopard, cheetah. Stalking. Zebra, giraffe, buck. Grazing. They go in for the kill. Crocodiles watching, hippos wallowing, hyenas waiting. Rhinos and elephants pretty much minding their own business. And there, in the trees, is you. Enjoying camp life. Set in 22,000 hectares in the Lowveld region of Limpopo. A 90 minute drive from the Kruger National Park. It’s a rough road in, so you’ll be best off with a SUV.

6 luxury tents with private decks and views overlooking a dry riverbed.

The tents have rough plastered walls and overarching canvas tents. 

They sleep two and have large, draped beds. They like their draping here. And why not. It looks splendid. And rather romantic.

Indoor and outdoor showers and a hammock on the wooden deck.

And, and. There is this. A ‘sleep out’ tree house... not for the faint hearted as your world is high, high in a tree but it’s pretty excellent. A big four poster bed, lots of draping (of course), a viewing deck and a place to sit and enjoy dinner. This is camping Garonga style. You’ll be alone, under the stars, all night in the bush. It’s so popular you must pre-book it.

If you love it, book the outdoor bath too - atmospheric, memorable. And totally incongruous to be lathering up as you watch the wild world. 

This camp is a proper ‘close to nature’ place. You might see a lion from your tent, monkeys often try to have a look around but sleep deeply as there is 24 hour security.