If you want to see wildlife in a setting normally only visited by South Africans, bypass Kruger and head to KwaZulu-Natal. Umkhumbi Lodge has 12 rooms and a pool and is offering 20% off for summer bookings made this month (mention code WHGUA). Not only do you have the wildlife-packed Hluhluwe-Imfolozi and Mkhuze national parks a short drive away, but there are sandy beaches and fishing at Sodwana and Kosi Bay and Isimangaliso Wetland Park too, which will be more than enough to keep everyone happy. • A week at Umkhumbi Lodge (+27 76 164 1134, umkhumbilodge.co.za) in two interconnecting rooms costs £1,272 half board for two adults and two children under 12. Activities, drinks, flights and transfers are not included. The nearest international airport is Durban, two-and-a-half hours away by car. Emirates (emirates.com) flies from Gatwick to Durban from £620 return in August
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