From: USD 364 pps

Idube Lodge

Blending affordability with experience, Idube Lodge is one of the original Sabi Sands camps & offers classic Big 5 game viewing & unpretentious comfort.

Family-owned Idube Lodge delivers affordability without sacrificing experience. Set at the heart of the Sabi Sands Private Reserve, its ten cottages lie surrounded by green lawns on which antelope and warthog graze. Shady trees ring with birdsong and you can begin your game viewing simply by sitting in a comfortable chair at the lodge or on your deck.

Big 5 game viewing waits however. In the company of an expert guide and sharp-eyed tracker you’ll explore the Sabi wilderness on morning and afternoon games drives. Night drives and guided walks complete the experience. Photographers will want to stake out the waterhole’s underground hide; those interested in community affairs can enjoy an insightful visit to a local village.

Idube has a classic safari feel. Timber and thatch dominate the main lodge, which offers a pool and convivial bar. Massages can be arranged on request and guests have access to a fitness room. Meals are served under starlight as often as possible and may also be enjoyed away from camp in a candle-lit grove.

Lodge Highlights:

  • Relaxed, family atmosphere
  • Air-conditioned en suite chalets
  • Excellent Big 5 game viewing
  • Grand private suites available

About Idube Lodge

Luxury Chalets

  • Air-Conditioned & Fully En Suite
  • Netted Four-Poster Bed
  • Viewing Deck & Armchairs
  • Private Four-Sleeper Suite with Pool

Idube’s 10 chalets are each air conditioned and equipped with every convenience. A large netted twin or double bed takes centre stage with a fully en suite bathroom ensuring complete comfort. A mini bar and tea/coffee station provide refreshments for you to take onto your viewing deck, provided with a pair of comfy armchairs.

For romantic couples, the two Makubela Suites offer more privacy. Tucked away on the edge of the camp, these large suites feature a lounge, large bathroom and outside shower. Meals can be taken by lamplight at the suite. The suites can be made inter-leading which makes them ideal for families or friends, especially as they enjoy the advantage of a large viewing deck and private plunge pool.

Lodge Facilities

  • Swimming Pool
  • Dining Room & Outdoor Boma
  • Fitness Room & Curio Shop
  • Lounge & Bar
  • Waterhole & Photographic Hide

Idube Lodge has a generous range of facilities. You’ll enjoy the use of a sparkling swimming pool and well-equipped fitness room, with a curio shop providing a diversion or two. The main lounge and bar are popular places to meet and swop stories of the day’s game viewing, and a night at Idube wouldn’t be complete without fireside stargazing at the outdoor boma. Meals are served in the main dining room or outside under the stars.

Activities at Idube Lodge

  • Morning & Afternoon Game Drives
  • Night Drives & Guided Nature Walks
  • Bird Watching
  • Community Tour

Game viewing by 4X4 is the main focus at Idube. Morning game drives are balanced by late afternoon drives that blend into spot-lit night drives, your chance to see rare and unusual nocturnal animals. The heavyweights are well represented here – the Big 5 are in abundance and the general game viewing is great all year round. You’ll also have the opportunity to accompany your guide on nature walks, the best way to see the smaller details of the Sabi landscape and do some epic bird watching. Photographers will be keen to spend some time in the underground hide, set next to the camp’s productive waterhole.

For a different take on the environment, join a cultural tour and visit the local community. You’ll enjoy a taste of African cooking and can sit back to traditional dancing and a school choir.

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Lodge Rates

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Safari Chalets

Season & Year
Per person sharing
08 January 2020 - 19 December 2020
USD 403
20 December 2020 - 07 January 2021
USD 475
08 January 2021 - 19 December 2021
USD 403
20 December 2021 - 07 January 2022
USD 475

Makubela Suites

Season & Year
Per person sharing
08 January 2020 - 19 December 2020
USD 475
20 December 2020 - 07 January 2021
USD 513
08 January 2021 - 19 December 2021
USD 475
20 December 2021 - 07 January 2022
USD 513
Included in your stay
  • Luxury accommodation in en-suite, air-conditioned chalets
  • 3 full meals daily
  • All teas and coffees
  • 2 game drives daily in open landrovers and a safari walk
  • Game activities are with skilled and well-trained rangers
Excluded in your stay
  • Transfers
  • Ulusaba runway fees
  • Bar bill and soft drinks
  • Telephone and fax calls
  • Curios
  • Gratuities
  • Items of a personal nature
  • Sabi Sand entrance fees
  • Sabi Sand Rhino Conservation Levies.
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Hands-on Expertise

  • We’re based in Africa
  • Visit our destinations regularly
  • Exceptionally knowledgeable team
  • Expect unrivaled customer service

Accredited & Bonded

  • SATSA – Bonded Membership (2061)
  • ATTA Membership (204387)
  • Fully Independent & Owner Run
  • 24/7 Travel Support

Reviews

Best experience ever!!

They provide us the most taylored and customized honeymoon possible! everything was much better than we expected. We loved the feeling of being in the middle of nowhere and everyone made us feeling so incredibly special and gave us a unique insight. Over our game drives we managed to see all the big five plus some!!

Salvatore (IT)
Trip of a lifetime: Five countries, six camps, Vic Falls, Big Five plus more game

In June/July 2016 we undertook a trip to Southern Africa to fulfill a lifelong intention. We stayed at six camps, safari style, and had a great time. All of our expectations were met or even exceeded. For example, we never expected to see honey badgers or sitatunga, given the secretive nature of those species, but we did! All travel arrangements and connections worked smoothly, which is astonishing since we had several dozen transfers and meeting points; all of the connecting personnel were prompt, professional, and welcoming.

Michael (USA)
We had a wonderful holiday with no hitches, perfectly planned for us and so professional.

Though we live in Australia, Safari online made planning for our family holiday so easy. Walter understood our requirements and nothing was too much trouble. The holiday was everything we wanted it to be and so much more. Every camp was ideally suited for our family and we loved each day, every early morning and evening game drive. Thank you to Walter for his attention to detail and his friendly, professional and caring manner. It was a trip of a lifetime and one that we will talk about forever.

Mary (AU)
Outstanding experience!

We have booked at the Elephant Plains Lodge. We stayed there for a few nights and went on safaris. The lodge, the guide, the food and all the animals we have seen were fantastic. Really an outstanding experience. We can recommend Elephant Plains to everybody. Maybe you will not be as lucky as we were, becaucse we have seen the Big 5! But however you will not forget your stay at Elephant Plains.

Silvio (CH)
Faultless service, attention to detail and quality of accomodations.

The communications and service from Walter was excellent, and we were continuously fully informed. The information package and book received on arrival were excellent. We felt that we had been allocated carefully selected lodges at each camp and every detail met or exceeded our expectations.
The safari tour was wonderful, and a particular feature was the variety offered at each location which combined perfectly

Carolyn (AU)
Exceptional service ensuring a wonderful holiday. Highly recommended

Attention to detail & service provided was first class, from our very first email to the last day of our trip. Walter went above and beyond to ensure that we were notified of any changes, even up to our last day with a change to our flight time, at short notice. The safari was so much more than expected, from the rustic to the exceptional, every camp was different in it’s own way and our highlights are hard to single out just one as each camp was great.

Cyndi and Dave (AU)
The trip was sensational and tailored to our needs. Simply fantastic!

The care by Walter was great from planning to leaving Johannesburg. The accommodations were perfectly chosen. If after a few days you thought it could not be better, you were told otherwise. It was an increase every day, with the 3 days safari in the Kruger, including overnight in tree house, the grand finale.
I would book a trip anytime again at Safari Online.

Ulrike (DE)
Absolutely Perfect

I was already last year in South Africa and Zambia organized by Safari Online. It was a absolutely gorgeous trip. Everything was perfect. This was the reason I booked this year in May and June an new trip to South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. I got everything I expected. It was a dream again. I know I´m coming back.

Bernard (DE)
Karina was absolutely instrumental to our safari success.

Our experience with Safari Online was excellent. After becoming very frustrated trying to search for a safari destination on our own, we turned to Karina for help and she was a lifesaver. She responded to our requests promptly and gave us several options with links to each option; we ultimately chose Lukimbi. She then coordinated our flights to and from the property, arranged the drivers necessary to get us from the airport to the lodge and back again, and sent the appropriate paperwork to each of us to verify each step of the process. We had an amazing safari adventure at the lodge–the experience of a lifetime–and are so grateful for her help. We literally couldn’t have done it without her!

Chris (USA)
Experience of a lifetime and wonderful service!!

Our extended family (16 travellers, including 8 children under ten years of age!) went on a wonderful safari adventure curated and organised by Walter Kohrs of Safari Online. It could not have been any better than we experienced. From our time in Cape Town, to visiting Victoria Falls, all the way through Zimbabwe and finally wrapping up at the amazing Chobe Safari Lodge, all the locations chosen by Walter were amazing.

His attention to detail, willingness to fine-tune and excellent responsiveness (over a period of several months!) could not have been better. He took time to visit us personally upon our arrival in South Africa, with lovely gift-packs and shared a wealth of advice, recommendations and tips. I cannot recommend Safari Online (and Walter Kohrs in particular) any higher. Absolutely amazing.

Oisin (AU)