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Shipandani hide is a great one if you love the sound of hippos in the night. The setting is quite different to that of Sable, but just the experience to do a sleepover is exiting enough.

The hide inside:


The view from the hide with hippos below. We enjoyed the number of birds at the low water bridge.


...then the residents that will provide some midnight music...


Trust these pics will provide you with some idea what to expect and assist with decision making.

Stayed at Shipandani and was a fabulous experience! Would definitely recommend it

We are visiting Shipandani for the fist time in a few weeks time- really looking forward to this experience.Does anyone who has been there have any advice- or things we need to know! Your imput would be most appreciated

Just take a proper Light and Spotlight, and some warm clothes.

just back from Kruger and spent the night of May 1 on my own (female) at Shipandani! Awesome, loved the hippo sounds, the wind blowing, and the overall silence....no human voices or conversations to be heard....I have very sharp ears and even the talking at other camps at night bothers me (do people not realise how far their voices travel?) Brought my own downduvet and pillow and sheet but one can get bedding at Mopani. It was not cold at all. Encountered no mozzies but did use a mozzie net, just to be safe. Would do it again in an instant!

The anticipation! We are staying there in September.....

Have just returned from Shipandani.... amazing experience. Hippos around us all night.... visited by a civet... hyenas, and early morning the roar of a lion-it was awesome! It certainly restored my soul

Sounds so amazing annevdw
On my wishlist!

Going to stay over in the hide on the 5th of October with my parents in law. It will be their first time in the park and I want to make it a holiday to remember.

Hope they don't mind a few spiders

We visited the hide as day visitors only. There is always something to see such as the Open-billed storks, Waterbuck next to where you park, etc. Great sigting to be seen when you drive the loops

Eish Tannie V.
An overnight at Shipandane sounds so lekker!! We must have a yellow get together and sleep over at Shipandani Just don't snore ... because Scipio is in the business of recording peoples snoring

Hallo Cheetah,
A kuier at the hide sounds very nice, but I think I will go to the nearest camp (Mopani perhaps) to look for a comfortable bed