A different kind of safari
We spent 20 years searching for the perfect safari lodge.
Eventually, we built it.
More than two decades. Hundreds of lodges and a lifetime of extraordinary experiences as safari guests. Oase is everything those years taught us, and everything we wished could be done differently.
Greater Kruger · South Africa
Before we were lodge owners
We were safari guests first
We first came to Africa in the early 2000s. Then we came back the following year. Soon it was quarterly, and eventually almost monthly.
Over more than twenty years, we experienced hundreds of safari lodges across Southern and Eastern Africa, from simple walking camps with short-drop toilets to some of the continent's most celebrated luxury lodges.
We saw what worked. We saw what didn't. More importantly, we experienced it all from the same side of the safari that you will as guests.
Oase is the result of those years.
David & Audra TuckerImage: Founders, 7 Star Lodges, Sabi Sands 2002.
Let's talk about the Big 5
What about the Big 5?
We understand the question because we once asked it ourselves.
That's why Oase gives you access to the best of both worlds. The iconic wildlife of Kruger together with a very different safari experience on our own private reserve. At Oase, safari isn't defined by a checklist. It's about tracking, walking, exploring after dark, following what interests you and having the freedom to let an extraordinary moment unfold.
THE AFRICA YOU TRAVEL TO SEE
Full-day Kruger National Park safari. Iconic wildlife and big landscapes.
The freedom of Oase private reserve
Oase's 530-hectare private reserve doesn't have resident elephant, rhino or buffalo. This gives guests greater freedom to get out of the vehicle and experience the bush differently.
Walk. Track. Explore. Cycle. Fish. Discover the nocturnal world. And so much more.
Kruger + Oase · Two very different safari experiences
How long should you stay?
Two nights can show you wildlife. Five nights let you experience it.
At a traditional safari lodge, two or three nights can be enough. Morning drive. Afternoon drive. Repeat. You can often see what you came to see surprisingly quickly, but there is far more to experience than just wildlife from the back seats of a vehicle.
Oase was deliberately designed differently.
Safari here is only part of the experience. Walk. Track leopard. Spend a full day exploring Kruger. Take a night drive. Have a long lunch picnic beside the river. Bush cooking with our chefs. Visit the canyon. Enjoy the spa. Or simply spend an afternoon doing absolutely nothing but listening to the sounds of the bush.
You'll have a wonderful stay in two or three nights. But with five or more, something changes, you stop trying to fit everything in and start experiencing Oase the way it was intended.
Two or three nights give you a wonderful safari Five or more give you the Oase experience
"The best safari moments rarely happen on a schedule"
Stay longer · Slow down · Experience more
A little more Oase for your first stay
Planning a safari? Get a 5% code for your first booking through our website, along with occasional ideas for making the most of your time here.
From our guests
Don't take our word for it.
“It was the people who made Oase at 7 so memorable for us.”
“It's hard to write about the Oase without getting emotional and nostalgic!!”
“The service from every member of staff is what really made this trip so unforgettable.”
Your safari
Perhaps it's time to experience safari differently.
Come for the wildlife. Stay for everything you didn't know you were coming to Africa to experience.
