Airlink has extended its Lowveld ‘Lodge Link’ safari lodge network in partnership with &Beyond.

The network will provide daily connections between &Beyond’s Ngala Safari Lodge and Ngala Tented Camp in the Timbavati, Kirkman’s Kamp in the Sabi Sand and the six lodges in &Beyond’s Phinda Private Game Reserve. The lodge network will also provide direct connections with Airlink’s regional services from Nelspruit Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to Mozambique, Vilanculos (gateway to &Beyond Benguerra Island) and Livingstone in Zambia which provides access to &Beyond Matetsi Private Game Reserve.

Travellers can connect from Cape Town and Johannesburg on Airlink to Nelspruit Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport or Skukuza Airport with a short transfer connecting guests onwards to Airlink’s Lodge Link service direct to their safari destination, minimising lengthy road transfers.

Flights will be available to book from November 7, 2016 for operations commencing June 2, 2017.

Airlink’s Lodge Link flights are operated with a new twin pilot Cessna Grand Caravan 208BEX, 12 seater turbo-prop aircraft.