Singita Sabi Sand

South Africa

Singita Sabi Sand

Eco Lodges

since FEB 2025

Giving guests access to 18,200-hectares of wilderness in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, Singita Ebony, Boulders and Castleton lodges welcome guests to participate in environmentally conscious hospitality, sustainable conservation and community partnerships.

An immersive experience and intimate connection with nature, promoting well-being and a sense of place through limited guest and vehicle numbers. Renowned for its high concentrations of big game, frequent leopard sightings and warm-hearted hospitality in spaces designed to bring the outdoors in. Partnering with the Singita Lowveld Trust, Singita’s local non-profit trust in South Africa, SSS contributes to various community and biodiversity programmes. Projects include the onsite canine (dog) unit engaged in anti-poaching activities and support for 17 local Early Childhood development (ECD) centres - the flagship community partnership programme.

CONSERVATION

Singita Sabi Sand’s anti-poaching Unit (APU) and canine (K9) dog units are critical to safeguarding rhino and the many other species of conservation concern.

By supporting leopard researchers at Panthera, Singita Sabi Sand has helped to reconstruct over 850 leopard life histories and to collect 90,000 research - useful data points in the Sabi Sand.

COMMUNITY

The Hustle Economy Programme, spearheaded by Wild Impact with Singita Lowveld Trust (SLT) as an anchor financial partner and other partners, responds to the challenge of youth unemployment in South Africa

SLT supports 17 Early Childhood Development Centres with classroom resources and centre manager training.

CULTURE

Singita Sabi Sand keeps local culture alive through design and décor, drawing on local artists and artisans to ensure the authenticity of design.

The expression of local culture is supported through language and dance, introduced into the guest experience.

COMMERCE

4 scholars were awarded scholarships to attend The Tracker Academy ($40,000/ year in 2025) promoting the art of tracking in the area.

Nearly R6m in donations received from the 'Safaris with a Purpose' dehorning guest experiences since 2022.

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Singita Sabi Sand Highlights

A well-protected environment and sensitive game-viewing practices have ensured an extremely relaxed demeanour in the leopards in the Sabi Sand Reserve, allowing Panthera scientists to conduct the Sabi Sand Leopard Project—the most extensive and longest-running global leopard research programme to date. Boasting a density of 1 leopard per 12 km²/7.5 miles², it is one of the world’s most stable and best-protected leopard populations.
80 classes across 17 ECD Centres were equipped with educational learning materials, playground and music equipment, educational toys, games, and classroom furniture over the last 4 years. A full-time ECD trainer provides weekly training to centre managers and practitioners. In addition, Singita Lowveld Trust (SLT) supports the Good Work Foundation (GWF), a local partner in the region providing neighbouring rural villages with digital learning hubs for primary and secondary school children.
Bringing nature into design. Boulders’ architecture and materiality take its cues from how animals live along riverbanks—crocodiles in caves, birds in nests, and mongooses in burrows. Boulders is a very organic lodge, and everything is curved and rounded as one would find in nature. Guest suites are not cluttered or overly layered but purposefully appointed to accentuate ‘outside.’
Singita Lowveld Trust (SLT) provides significant funding towards the ongoing operational costs of dehorning and maintenance of horn trimming across the Kruger National Park and Sabi Sand Nature Reserve. In addition, SLT is sponsoring the care of orphan rhino Mavic, recovered from the Singita Sabi Sand after his mother was killed by poachers.