Safari Plains in Limpopo's Mabula Private Game Reserve was one of the first lodges to reopen after the hard lockdown, and it's offering some brilliant special rates for locals.
This lovely lodge in Pilanesberg National Park is in perfect striking distance when you need to get out of the city. It's a Four Star destination in a Big Five location
A simple three-hour from Joburg leads to Welgevonden Game Reserve, a Big Five territory where you'll find Camp Ndlovu, a relative newcomer to South Africa's safari lodge scene
The Big Five are roaming the Karoo again at Samara Private Game reserve, in an ambitious restoration project that has returned former rundown farmland to its natural state.