December in the Kruger. Pay 2 Stay 3

The Orpen Kruger is a boutique safari lodge of 10 chalets on the R531 in Welverdiend, Mpumalanga, 100 metres from Orpen Gate, the entrance to central Kruger National Park. Manyeleti Game Reserve is 450 metres away. Each chalet stands on its own among the trees, with a private terrace.

Getting here
• Hoedspruit Eastgate Airport (HDS): about 68 km, with daily flights from Johannesburg
• Johannesburg: about five and a half hours by road

In the Kruger, from Orpen Gate
• The H7 to Satara, the S106 Rabelais loop and the S145 Talamati road
• The floodlit waterhole at Orpen Rest Camp
• Rabelais Hut Museum, the park's original gate (1926–1954). Eileen Orpen donated 24,500 ha of land to the Kruger

Day trips
• Panorama Route: God's Window, the Three Rondavels, Bourke's Luck Potholes and Lisbon Falls (a full day)
• Graskop Gorge Lift
• Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre, about 60 km
• Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, about 55 to 65 km

Not included in this dinner, bed and breakfast offer, and easy to add:

• Guided game drives & Other Activities
• Conservation fees
• Drinks
• Lunch