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Hi Christelle,

If you wanna be close to the fence then Tent 16 is the one. The best view of the river and bush with no other tents or bungalows in front of you.

Enjoy
Hendri

The view from tent #16

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No picture but stayed there 5 nights in Feb this year with a river view. and have booked again for August 2009.
The tents are away from the rest of the camp and are therefore more private
Noise at night is something else Those hippos and baboons party most of the night..but thats what we are there for isn't it!!!! Hyenas slink past at regular intervals Ellies rustle through the reeds
Lions roar in the distance and plenty of crickets too Birds awake you with their morning song etc etc etc . The tents have fans only so an aircon doesn't dull the night sounds.
The tents at lower Sabie are en suite which means no late night wandering in the bush to the little girls/boys room. (we saw Mr Hyena raiding all the rubbish bins outside our tent !!)
Enjoy your trip.
Elizabeth

Bornfree, I can unfortunately not remember what the view from #17 was like…..I’m sure it should also have a nice view.
We mostly prefer #16 because it is right in the corner of the camp, next to the fence….at night elephants, hippos and hyenas often pass by.

i have been in 18
17 is inbetween 16 and 18
Its a nice view.
To the right some shrub and to the left open view accross the river

Hi Jumbo & Bert
Thanks for your help. I did try to get no 16 but it is very popular. I stayed in no 15 in May 08 which is behind no 16 with a partial view of the river and was lucky (or not) to see a huge croc take an impala ram, but also the animals in that area are prolific at night I heard a leopard every night and most nights lion, hence the urge for no 16 but I think the very early bird catches the worm as far as that tent goes.
Regards
Bornfree.

I have a booking at lower sabie for the bush view tents as all the river view are fully booked can you please suggest the best number bush view one ?

Hi Mars,
If you have a bush view ask for no 15, partial view of the river and next to the perimeter fence, the best of the bush view tents. Try to organise this now before you go, send LS admin staff a fax.
Regards
Bornfree.

Hi everyone!
@ Mars: I would suggest number 15, based on observation only, but when we were last there we stayed in number 16 (river view) and thought to ourselves that if we ever had to stay in a bush view tent it would be 15 as it is still very close to the fence and furthest from the rest of the camp.

@ robertson: Go for number 16, its tucked right in the corner against the fence with a lovely view.

I'm very
Enjoy...
Marina

Here we go, the view from #20

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The LST2U is the reference for the river view tents. Perimeter in this case means river view.

I have recently spent 5 nights in the new 3-bed view bungalows at Lower Sabie and was very impressed with them. They are spacious and well equipped and have some nice extras such as overhead bedside lights and a spotlight shining onto the braai - no more trying to braai by torchlight.
The 3-bed units have an enclosed kitchen area (where the third bed is in its own little alcove) and a slatted patio. The only draw back here is that when it rains you have to sit in the kitchen/dining area behind your sliding door.
The 2-bed units are the same as 3-bed except they have an outside kitchen/dining area under thatch (no getting wet when it rains) and then an extended patio under slats. The kitchen has been designed with the fridge and all cupboards behind pad-locked mesh doors.
We noticed that the baboons still come into the camp early in the morning but not being able to find food anymore they depart very quickly.
Also the fence around the camp has been completely redone and besides having the electrics at the top now has electrics all around the bottom - so no more hyenas in the camp. In fact we never even saw hyenas around the fence, only heard them at night.
I would imagine these bungalows will now prove even more diffucult to get now that the upgrade is virtually finished.

I stayed in # 24 last night, not a river view but we could see the river and it was very private.
#21 - 23 were river view in front of us but very close together, # 20 looks perfect.
They have all been renovated, with a locking door and the new bathrooms are very nice and now have a bathroom door. All kitchen cupboards have keys and the fridge has been moved inside.
We didn't see any baboons around the camp

we always stay in the 3 bed huts in lower sabie and find them just fine. they are a lot smaller than the bungalows though but you shouldn't lack for space that much.
as for the braai space, if you are there during a school holiday then i would advise you to grab a table and put it next to your hut door because people seem to think that all of the tables are fair game and i have seen families pull together tons of tables to lay their spread out on. we have never had a problem with it because we just pull our table next to our hut. we have never had a problem getting a braai stand though. the only problem that i actually have with the braai area is there is basically very little light so it is wise to get a lantern to take with but it is not a must have.
the bathrooms are always very, very clean, there has always been hot water and they are very centrally located.
we used to always stay in bungalows and like you one year we could not find any bungalows open so we had to get a 3 man hut and we have been staying in them ever since, we figured that we really aren't at the camp that much, really just to sleep and eat so why bother with a bungalow anymore because we found the whole hut setup very pleasant, plus with the cash that we saved in getting a hut we could extend our holiday by a few days and that is always nice when you can extend you holiday in kruger.

Hi Zellie, sorry, we have never stayed in the 3 bed huts, so I can't tell you how big it is inside, but



but we have stayed in the 5 bed huts, and they are on the corners of the row huts. We found that the 5 bed huts are spacious enough for 4 people, becouse they dont have an own bathroom. We are going there again.

Enjoy your trips guys.