In 2013, we decided once again to escape some of the English Winter weather and so on the 27th December flew overnight, via Frankfurt, with Lufthansa down to Johannesburg. (The previous year we had also visited South Africa, that time staying at Djuma Lodge just off the Kruger National Park.)
Never having felt safe in Johannesburg, straight after the flight we collected the hire car and drove to Nelspruit, where we spent the night, before going on to Sambambili. Again, this is a private lodge adjacent to the Kruger.