{"product_id":"south-africa-skukuza-kruger-shalati-the-train-on-the-bridge","title":"Kruger Shalati - The Train on the Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou stay in one of twenty-four rooms in a restored train permanently parked on the Selati Bridge over the Sabie River in Kruger National Park. The original train stopped here in the 1920s when the park’s first warden hosted guests around campfires by the tracks. Now the carriages hold rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the river, where hippos and crocodiles pass below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach morning and afternoon, rangers take you out in open vehicles to track lion, leopard and elephant along the riverbanks. Between drives, you eat in the dining car or on the deck overlooking the water. The kitchen serves line fish, grilled meats and South African wines, with breakfast before the morning drive and high tea before the evening one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bridge was built in 1912 for the Selati railway line to Mozambique, then repurposed in 1923 for tourist trains. Those early visitors slept in carriages just as you do now, though with fewer windows and no ensuite bathrooms. The current train was placed here in 2020, keeping the steel tracks and river views that drew people a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932503703772,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/kruger-shalati-the-train-on-the-bridge-selati-bridge-precinct-skukuza-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783205456","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-skukuza-kruger-shalati-the-train-on-the-bridge","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}