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Londolozi Private Granite Suites
Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa · Londolozi · Grand Luxury
Part of Londolozi, the reserve the Varty family has run since Charles Boyd Varty and Frank Unger first pitched camp on the Sand River in 1926, the Private Granite Suites is a three-suite camp reserved exclusively for up to six guests at a time. Flanked by the granite boulders that give the camp its name, its sunset river bar and sunken cocktail lounge sit suspended above the Sand River, where elephant herds regularly wade past below private decks and heated plunge pools.
- 3 rooms
- Opened 1926
- Neighborhood: Bushbuckridge Ward 34
About Londolozi Private Granite Suites
- Londolozi began in 1926 as a hunting farm called Sparta, bought by Charles Boyd Varty and Frank Unger, before Varty's sons redirected it toward conservation and photographic safaris starting in 1971.
- Londolozi pioneered leopard viewing after rangers began following a habituated female known as the Mother Leopard starting in 1979, work later documented in the 1988 film The Silent Hunter.
- The reserve is unfenced against Kruger National Park, and in 1993 became the first game reserve in the world to earn Relais & Chateaux status.
- Each of the Private Granite Suites has its own outdoor bath and private heated pool, and the camp does not admit children under 16 unless booked in its entirety.
History
Londolozi began in 1926 as a hunting farm called Sparta, bought by Charles Boyd Varty and Frank Unger on the banks of the Sand River. In 1971, Varty's sons Dave and John redirected the family land from hunting toward conservation and photographic safaris, renaming it Londolozi, Zulu for 'protector of all living things.' Rangers began habituating a wild female leopard known as the Mother Leopard starting in 1979, work later documented in the 1988 film The Silent Hunter, the first film to bring the private lives of wild leopards to a global audience; her descendants have held territory on Londolozi for eight generations since. In 1993 Londolozi became the first game reserve in the world to earn Relais & Chateaux status.
The Private Granite Suites, renovated in 2007, is the most exclusive of Londolozi's camps: three suites flanked by granite boulders on the Sand River, bookable individually or as a private camp for up to six guests, with a sunset river bar and sunken cocktail lounge suspended above the water.
Experiences
- Game drives — Taken by professional rangers and trackers with 350 years of experience between them, across over 16,000 hectares; rangers specialise in photographic safaris.
- Londolozi Photographic Studio — Activity to ask about at the lodge.
- Londolozi Living Boutique — Boutique shopping activity to ask about.
- The Healing House — Activity to ask about at the lodge.
- Londolozi Village Walk — Village experience activity to ask about.
- Bush walk — Optional between-game-drive activity.
Amenities
- Outdoor bath in each suite
- Private plunge pool
- Sunset river bar
- Sunken cocktail lounge
- Exclusive use as a private camp for six guests
- Game drives led by rangers and trackers
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