Lower Sabie Rest Camp
A rest camp on the Sabie River in Kruger, rich in night game
You stay at Lower Sabie Rest Camp on the Sabie River inside Kruger National Park. The camp has communal kitchens and ablutions, and a swimming pool for cooling off. Sunset Dam, a kilometre from camp, draws wildlife and birdlife.
The area is rich in night game — lion, cheetah, elephant, hippo, rhino, buffalo herds up to eight hundred strong, and a high density of warthog. Rangers and trackers take vehicles out after dark, when the park’s nocturnal species are most active.
The camp has a restaurant, cafeteria and shop for supplies, though no ATM. Communal kitchens let you cook your own meals, and a laundromat handles washing. A separate day visitors’ picnic area sits on the camp’s periphery.
The Sabie River runs through the camp. It draws the game and cools the air, and it is the reason the camp is here at all.