There's that kind of safari, and then there's the five-star kind: spa on demand, fluffy down pillows and cocktails at every hour, if you so desire.

Someone realised getting in touch with nature doesn't necessarily require roughing it out and soiling your designer bush jacket.

Quite the opposite, you can roll off your 300-threadcount bedsheets and into a soft-top Land Rover complete with warm wool blankets for some game watching and sip hot Amarula coffee while you're at it.

To this end, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (www.tswalu.com) serves up understated luxury like few do.

Find out more in Life! in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.