Hey safari friends! Spent the day up in Minnesota with the TravelBeyond team at their office (peep photo 2 & 3) We talked all things safari, industry developments, a little gossip and have a lot of new, fun content coming your way soon. Craig Beal, my co-mod on here is the owner of TravelBeyond and he and his team are incredible Africa experts - many of them chiming in here to help guide the conversation.

While I was up there, we had the opportunity to chat with Savannah Saad & Caroline Burke (by conference call - both are in Joburg) who are the joint Managing Directors of Tengile River Lodge & Kirkman’s Kamp, two amazing camps in the lower Sabi Sands. Tengile, in particular, is a phenomenal hard product with many people feeling it is one of the best physical lodge experiences in Southern Africa. Not to mention that the game viewing in this area is second to none. Many of you may already know these two camps as &Beyond properties. As a bit of a history, Steven Saad (Savannah’s father) bought the farm south of MalaMala many years ago and this is the tract of land that Tengile & Kirkman’s are on. I attached a map of the area as photo #7. When the Saad’s bought the farm, they entered into a management and operational contract with &Beyond. But now with Savannah & Caroline heading up the team - they are launching a new brand under the Saad family and moving management and operations in house and have a bunch of exciting developments coming.

This will mean quite a departure from the &Beyond circuit options for the Sabi Sands - so keep that in mind if planning an &Beyond-only route in Southern Africa.

More to come as their new brand launches in the coming weeks!

Shake up in the Sabi Sands: Tengile River Lodge & Kirkman’s Kamp departing &Beyond