#2 Lion Sands Private Game Reserve’s Chalkley Treehouse: South Africa Every fairytale begins with “Once Upon a Time”. This one begins with those four magical words and ends with Lion Sands Private Game Reserve’s Chalkley Treehouse. Once upon a time, Guy Aubrey Chalkley set up camp in a majestic centuries-old Leadwood Tree to escape predators roaming the plains below. This fairy godmother of a tree that saved Chalkley was chosen to become an exquisite sanctuary for all travelers just outside South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Completely open, the present-day tree house is a lavish platform under the African stars with all the comforts that you can experience at a five-star safari lodge. You are guided to the tree house at sunset where a picnic dinner awaits. And, as sunlight turns to moonlight, this protective tree holds you high above the predators of the night as you are free to take in your magical surroundings.