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South Africa Nature Preserve Vacation Rental for $70,000 a week

Remember learning the haunting melody of "In the Jungle" at summer camp? Well, now you can live it. A private outpost in South Africa's Mapungubwe Private Nature Reserve is listed for lease at $70,000 a week. No neighbors, unless you count the lions and elephants who roam freely around you.

The owner has most thoughtfully arranged private security for this experience. The 10,000-square-foot home comes staffed and has nine bedrooms and eight baths. Located in South Africa's Limpopo Province, the unique home is the ultimate nature and safari experience. Surrounded by elephants, leopards, lions, antelopes, zebras and other animals, guests are flown in by helicopter or private plane. There is access to telephone and Internet but this is truly intended to be a "get away from it all and commune with nature experience" -- luxury style. The staff are all native-born, familiar with the preserve, and live on site in separate quarters. There is a full building master suite with a view of the South African countryside. The home is built in true African style with a thatched room and decorated appropriately for the environment. All modern conveniences are provided.

There is an open air shower and an outdoor living room with fireplace. Inquiries about leasing the home may be made of Magnus Hellberg, Partners Trust Realty in Los Angeles.

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Barack Obama's Holiday Vacation Rental

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President-elect Barack Obama is enjoying one last vacation in Hawaii, where he grew up, before his inauguration. The Obama family will be staying in a $9 million single-story oceanfront home fronting Kailua Beach. The home sits on a dead-end road with few other homes making it easier for the Secret Service to protect. The home was originally built in 1934 for Harold K.L. Castle, the landowner who developed much of Kailua after World War II and was renovated in 2005. The home is listed on a vacation rental directory, http://www.hawaiisbestrentals.com and given the description it appears to be this one which rents for $2500-$3500 a night. The home is less than a mile from another beach house where the Obama family stayed during August vacation. Given the weather in most of the U.S. it sounds like the best place to stay warm over the holidays.

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Hamrick House

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

The Hamrick House in Palm Springs, California has recently undergone a major renovation and is available for lease for the first time in 65 years. The beautiful home has five suites and is an excellent xample of the architecture of the 1940s in Palm Springs. The home has gorgeous decorator details such as a a Carrera marble dining table surrounding by Starck lucite Ghost chairs. Amenities of the home include a central sound system, steam room, king size outdoor sun beds, an outdoor movie theater with surround sound, a salt-water pool and an upper sundeck that features a retractable roof, a private massage area & flat screen TV. The terrace alone is approximately 3,500 square feet of travertine stone. The property is gated and hedged for the ultimate in privacy and relaxation, and sits on a hillside with views of Palm Springs, neighboring cities, and unobstructed views of the San Jacinto Mountains. Rates start at $2,800 per night during the low season and the house can be rented for $29,500 per month during the peak season (now through May).

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