Sabi Sabi
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Sabi Sabi
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Sabi Sabi suggested Wedding Program
(Times will vary slightly according to season)
| ARRIVAL DAY | |
|---|---|
| 12h00 | Arrive at Sabi Sabi where welcoming refreshments and cocktails will be served. After drinks, your group can sign the register and the housekeepers will assist you with your luggage and take you to your suites. In suites on arrival: Managers welcome note with fruit basket, nuts and wors |
| 13h00 | A sumptuous buffet lunch is served on the dining veranda. |
| 14h00 | Afternoon at leisure, guests can relax next to our pool, have a siesta, or browse around our Curio shop. Wedding Program: to be reviewed with the Bride, Bridegroom and Lodge Manager) |
| 16h00 | The blast of a kudu horn will announce that afternoon tea is being served on the patio. |
| 16h30 | With cooler boxes of your favorite drinks on board the Land Rovers, you will set off into the bush on an exciting safari. |
| 18h00 | At sunset, your rangers will stop off in the bush, where you will have a chance to enjoy your refreshing drinks, soak up the amazing silence and watch the sun sink into the dusty horizon, splashing the skies with incredible colors. (We suggest that the sundowner be an individual affair so as to add to the experience, however should you wish to have a joint affair please let us know) At dusk you may hear the distinctive regular call of the miniature Scops owl, the laughing of hyenas and the grunts of distant lions. When it is dark enough, you set off again, now feeling thoroughly relaxed. The trackers will sweep the bush with a powerful spotlight and will point out the nocturnal wildlife. |
| 20h00 | The game rangers will return you to your lodge where you will have a chance to freshen up and meet in the cosy bar for a pre-dinner drink. |
| 20h30 | The blast of a kudu horn will announce dinner in the open-air, reed enclosed boma, under the stars, around a roaring log fire. After a sumptuous meal, you may want to draw your chairs closer to the fire and enjoy a warming cognac brandy, while swapping tales of the bush with the rangers. Optional: Tribal Dancers - (7 men & 7 ladies) |
 Sabi Sabi - Safari - Leopard |  Sabi Sabi - Selati Camp - Elephant |
| SECOND DAY | |
|---|---|
| 05h00 | A wake-up call. |
| 05h30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served on the patio, followed by a safari. |
| 09h00 | A sumptuous South African breakfast will be served, including freshly baked breads and a variety of jams and preserves from the Lowveld region. |
| 10h00 | Bridal beauty session - pedicure, manicure. Please see our Wedding Options and Touches for costs and additional services. Guided Bush walk, the remaining guests will learn about the wonderful bird, animal, plant life in and around the lodge as well as how to track animals. |
| 13h00 | A buffet lunch will be served on the safari terrace. Should the Bride and Bridegroom wish to have lunch in their suite, this can be arranged on request |
| 14h00 | Bride beauty session continues: make-up, hairdressing and final touches. |
| 15h30 | Depart for wedding venue. Please see our Wedding Options and Touches for the various venues. |
| 16h00 | Guests to be seated at ceremony venue |
| 16h15 | Bride arrives in Bridal Land Rover |
| 16h30 | Ceremony commences Optional: Black String Quintet, see our Wedding Options and Touches for details |
| 17h00 | Ceremony ends |
| 17h15 | Photographs and sundowner cocktails, champagne and canapés |
| 18h00 | Your Sundowner Safari will depart once again on yet another unforgettable safari. Maybe you will have the opportunity of sighting the elusive leopard on the hunt after dark! Look out for the Milky Way, it's really spectacular seen from the bush and try to find the Southern Cross, too! Bridal couple leave in bridal Land Rover |
| 20h00 | You will arrive at an area out in the bush where tables have been set for an unforgettable Bush Braai (Barbecue) out in the wilds of the African veld. Optional: Bush Plated dinner - set menu served at the tables. Optional: Black String Quintet See our Wedding Options and Touches for details |
| 21h30 | Speeches |
| 24h00 | Return to Lodge. |
| DEPARTURE DAY | |
|---|---|
| 05h00 | A wake-up knock on your door. |
| 05h30 | Tea, coffee and biscuits on the dining veranda with a safari to follow. |
| 09h00 | Breakfast will be served on the dinning Veranda. Bridal couple may choose to have breakfast in their suite. |
| 10h00 | You will all have a chance to pack your belongings and place the luggage in one area of your suite for collection. |
| 10h30 | Checkout. |
Wedding Options and Touches
No charge items:
- Welcome at Sabi Sabi Airstrip airport with lemon grass scented hand towels and refreshments.
- Bridal couple upgrade to our Presidential Suite on wedding night (on availability)
- Welcome notes in all suites by Management with fruit basket.
- Bridal couple suite: Sparkling wine, fruit & nut platter and congratulatory note on evening turn down.
- In room dining for Bridal couple
Chargeable items
NOTE: Sabi Sabi reserves the right to levy a service fee for arranging the following outsourced services.
- Minister or Magistrate
- Flower arrangements: includes table and bridal bouquet
- Hairdresser
- Beautician (massage, make-up etc)
- Earth Nature Spa treatments (for Earth Lodge only)
- Photographer
- Video recording
- Traditional Shangaan dancing ( 7 men & 7 ladies)
- Local Community choir
- Canapés on arrival
- Selected gift items from our curio shop
- Bush dinner (subject to lodge availability)
- Portable toilet
Please note: Prices and profiles are available on request
Sabi Sabi can host weddings from 2 people up to 50 people.
Wedding celebration venue Options:
- Lodge Boma
- Lodge Terrace
- Farmhouse kitchen (Selati Camp only)
- Conference center (Earth Lodge only)
- Out in a clearing in the Bush (Bush Dinner)
Ceremony venue options for each lodge:
- Earth Lodge:
- In the foyer in front of our water feature
- Out at a clearing in the bush
- Selati Camp:
- Out on the deck near the pool overlooking the Msuthlu riverbed
- Out at a clearing in the bush
- Bush Lodge:
- Out on the deck overlooking a waterhole and open plains
- Out at a clearing in the bush
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