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Kruger National Park, South Africa

Lion Sands Narina Lodge

Nine stilted suites above the Sabie, inside Kruger. Children on safari start at 16.

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The place

The trees

Nine suites on stilts, 861 square feet, with a private pool and an outdoor shower.

The age

Over 16. No children's rate, and no children on safari, on the 2025 fact sheet.

The park

South of Kruger, not Sabi Sand. The pin is 24°57'43.41"S, 31°33'46.51"E.

The name

Narina, for the trogon. The page describes century-old trees above the river.

The phone

+27 13 735 8100. Tinga, the family camp, is a different number.

Our read

A photograph of a deck over the Sabie can belong to four Lion Sands camps. Narina is the one inside Kruger, nine suites up in the trees, and the one that does not take a child on a game drive. The fact sheet is plain: over 16 only, no children's rate, no childminding. Tinga is the family camp a different pin away, still in Kruger, with a different phone. River Lodge is the eighteen-room social camp in Sabi Sand. Come if the point is a quiet elevated suite and a party of adults. Skip it if anyone is 16 or under, or if you thought you were booking the Sabi Sand gate.

Come here for

  • Nine suites on stilts, each with a plunge pool, above the Sabie inside Kruger
  • A stay where everyone is over 16
  • Skukuza in about 15 minutes, as the fact sheet prints it

Skip it if

  • Anyone in the party is 16 or under. The sheet does not put children on safari here.
  • You wanted Sabi Sand. That is River Lodge or Ivory, not this pin.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

Lion Sands Narina Lodge is perched on stilts among old trees above the Sabie River. The lodge page counts nine suites, each for two guests, with a private pool, an outdoor shower, a private deck, and a private lounge, at 861 square feet. The phone printed with the lodge manager is +27 13 735 8100. The 2025 fact sheet places Narina in the south of Kruger National Park, at 24°57'43.41"S, 31°33'46.51"E, about 15 minutes from Skukuza Airport. It is named for the Narina trogon. The age line is the decision. The same sheet says children are accepted only over 16. There is no children's rate, no children's activities, and no children on safari. Tinga, the other Kruger camp, takes children from 6. River Lodge, in Sabi Sand, takes them from 10. Narina has private plunge pools and no central guest pool. There is no satellite television. The introduction does not print a nightly rate. The reserve is a moderate malaria area. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

03 · Live here

How the days go

  1. Arrive

    Sabie River, southern Kruger National Park. Fact sheet pin 24°57'43.41"S, 31°33'46.51"E. Skukuza Airport is about 15 minutes. Phone +27 13 735 8100. This is not the Sabi Sand gate.

  2. Live here

    Nine suites on stilts, each with a plunge pool, above the Sabie inside Kruger

  3. Go

    Book on the hotel site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

Adults, in the trees

Confirm everyone is over 16 before you compare Tinga. A suite is 861 square feet with its own pool.

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05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

Sabie River, southern Kruger National Park. Fact sheet pin 24°57'43.41"S, 31°33'46.51"E. Skukuza Airport is about 15 minutes. Phone +27 13 735 8100. This is not the Sabi Sand gate.

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Is Narina in Sabi Sand?

No. The 2025 fact sheet places it in the south of Kruger. River Lodge is the Sabi Sand camp.

How many suites?

Nine, each for two guests, at 861 square feet, with a private pool.

Can children stay?

The fact sheet says over 16 only. There is no children's rate and no children on safari.

How far is the airport?

Skukuza is about 15 minutes, as the sheet prints it.

Where do I book?

With Lion Sands. MindReach does not take the reservation. Phone +27 13 735 8100.

06 · Go

Lion Sands Narina Lodge

Kruger National Park, South Africa

A photograph of a deck over the Sabie can belong to four Lion Sands camps. Narina is the one inside Kruger, nine suites up in the trees, and the one that does not take a child on a game drive. The fact sheet is plain: over 16 only, no children's rate, no childminding. Tinga is the family camp a different pin away, still in Kruger, with a different phone. River Lodge is the eighteen-room social camp in Sabi Sand. Come if the point is a quiet elevated suite and a party of adults. Skip it if anyone is 16 or under, or if you thought you were booking the Sabi Sand gate.

Getting there
Sabie River, southern Kruger National Park.
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