Description
Ngala Tented Camp lies in 14,700 hectares of the exclusive, game rich Kruger National Park and is situated on the banks of the great seasonal Timbavati River.
There are only six very luxurious, spacious tents set within green shady trees, with oversized baths and refreshing outdoor showers. Other amenities include air conditioning, overhead fans and electric blankets for the winter months.
A lap pool merges with the contours of the riverbank, and the ambience is one of old time safari journeys to Africa, with antiques, lots of books, comfy leather chairs, crystal and decanters.
The camp's intimate hide offers guests the opportunity to photograph game at close quarters, and activities include twice daily game drives in an open Land Rover as well as nature walks on the reserve. Additional activities include learning how to track animals in the park, and there are also specialist and photographic safaris on offer.
The camp also offers bush banquets in spectacular wilderness settings and theatrical alfresco dinners in the dry riverbed.
Accommodation
Ngala offers 6 en-suite tented rooms with oversized baths and outdoor showers set in the shade of indigenous trees. Other amenities include air conditioning, overhead fans and electric blankets for the winter months.
Childcare
Children over 11 years are welcome at Ngala Tented Camp.
Facilities
Facilities at the camp include a lap pool and game hide. Dining at Ngala is always an event with lunch offered at the pool or on the viewing decks and al fresco dinners can be enjoyed in the dry riverbed.
Activities
Twice daily game drives, guided walks, birdwatching, stargazing, bush dinners and bush sundowners are included in room rates. Specialist safaris and bush tracking are charged additionally.
When to travel
There is no bad time to go on safari in the Kruger National Park. The experience does, however, change from month to month. In the summer months (October to March), it gets very hot. The verdant vistas are all the more spectacular because of the rains, but this means that the foliage is denser, water is more abundant and game is therefore trickier to see. There are lots of beautiful migratory birds during the summer months. While the daytime temperature in the winter months (May to September) is ideal, it does get a little chilly at night and in the early morning.
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Location and directions
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ngala Safari Lodge is situated in Ngala Private Game Reserve on 14 700 hectares (36 500 acres) of exclusive game-rich Kruger National Park, Northern Province, South Africa.
How to get there
Ngala Private Game Reserve is easily accessed from Johannesburg by air or by road. Flights are available from Johannesburg to Nelspruit or Hoedspruit with a comfortable 2 hour and 45 minute road transfer to Ngala. Air charters to Ngala can be arranged flying directly to Ngala. If flying doesn’t appeal to you a 6 hour road transfer can be arranged on tarred roads from Johannesburg.
