Travel and Vacation Abodes: February 2009

Singita which means ‘place of miracles’ is known as the world’s best when it comes to providing its guests the most excellent and unforgettable safari experience in Africa. Their qualified rangers and skillful guides will ensure your safari is both safe and exciting at the same time. You will be able to get good sightings of the wonderful wildlife and feel of the natural unspoilt territories. The Singita Kruger National Park in South Africa is situated on the Park’s eastern border with Mozambique where large prides of lion thrive. Other animals in the area are elephant, buffalo, leopard, white and black rhino, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, hippos, wildebeest, kudu, crocodile and many other mammals, reptiles, and bird species you will not find in ordinary zoos and locations. Aside from the exciting game drives and guided safari walks, guests can also enjoy some mountain biking and archery while at Singita Kruger National Park.

Singita Kruger National Park is also famous for its very lovely and tasteful lodges. Designed specifically to give comfort to guests and at the same time provide a place of nature and even wonderment. There are two (2) exquisite lodges in Singita Kruger National Park, The Lebombo Lodge and The Sweni Lodge. The Lebombo Lodge which is named after the Lebombo Euphorbia tree, it has 15 lovely suites and sweeping wooden decks that allows you to enjoy the stunning view and a wonderful lap pool where you can hang out with friends and have relaxing moments. The Sweni Lodge was influenced by the structures of dens, warrens and lairs. You will feel the natural surroundings outside even when indoors when you stay in Sweni Lodge. There are six suites in this idyllic and nature-filled Lodge.

The Lebombo Lodge

The Sweni Lodge

images: Singita

Lochbay Boathouse is an idyllic vacation abode situated on the Waternish peninsula, in the northwest of Skye in Scotland. The Skye or Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The Lochbay boathouse has a character of its own, providing privacy and quiet to its guests as it sits alone at the foot of a grassy cliff with a semicircular front lawn projecting into Loch Bay and a small harbor on its northwest side. This quaint and charming house was originally built in the early 19^th century as a boathouse with thick walls made from local stone but was converted in the early ‘70s into a house by the singer Donovan. Presently, this spacious and lovely house is equipped with modern appliances and amenities that will make the stay of guests comfortable and relaxing but is still filled with antique and traditional furniture from the early 1900s and with numerous paintings inspired by Scotland’s rugged west coast. The splendid location of the house treats its guests to very panoramic views of nature and the beauty of the place, south eastwards one can see the village of Stein, south westwards across Loch Bay, and north westwards the sea with islands of Isay and Mingay in the foreground and the distant mountains of North Uist beyond. And from the windows and garden one can see seals, otters, dolphins, herons and eagles that live nearby.