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    White River

    Jan 21, 2020 6 minutes
    WORDS Pippa de Bruyn
    PHOTOGRAPHS Jotham Van Tonder

    TripAdvisor lists accommodation rated by guests, but as much as we love peer reviews, they don’t offer a comparative voice – so how do we know No. 1 is really the best? Pippa de Bruyn, who has reviewed accommodation for 20 years for the likes of Frommer’s and The Telegraph , scours TripAdvisor and other online accommodation sites when researching a destination. For White River, she created a longlist of 18 to inspect. The following made the final cut.

    WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

    • A luxury stay in nature (pg 68)

    • A stylish apartment at a steal (pg 68)

    • Gorgeous garden surroundings (pg 69)

    • The best base for Kruger (pg 69)

    • Glamping in a private reserve (pg 70)

    • A lakeside lodge with lots to do (pg 70)

    • Mountain-biking heaven (pg 71)

    WHAT I FOUND ABOUT ACCOMMODATION HERE

    Good value. White River is a great base from which to explore southern Kruger – Numbi Gate is just

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