Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Thanda Safari Lodge
Thanda Safari Lodge invites you to experience ultimate luxury and world-class service. Thanda Safari Lodge invites you to experience ultimate luxury and world-class service.
Thanda Safari Lodge invites you to experience ultimate luxury and world-class service. Thanda Safari Lodge invites you to experience ultimate luxury and world-class service.
Location
Situated 23km north of Hluhluwe in northern Zululand, Thanda Private Game Reserve covers an area of 14,000 hectares.
Accommodation
The nine luxury bush villas are pure indulgence. Each spacious villa has a private splash pool and viewing deck, sala (open elevated viewing platform with day bed and lounging cushions), lounge, fireplace, and a full bathroom with an inside as well as an outside shower. Each villa also has a private boma for dining offering guests absolute privacy should that be their choice.
The huge public area at Thanda Lodge has a lounge, library, dining room, boma, dining deck, wine cellar, cigar bar, fully equipped business centre and viewing decks overlooking tranquil water features. Artefacts made by local artists can be found in the curio shop adjacent to the business centre.
Experiences
In addition to more traditional game viewing an abundance of other activities await guests who would like to enjoy all that the area has to offer.
The Elephant Coast, as this part of KwaZulu-Natal is now called, has 21 different ecosystems and is home to a rich variety of fauna and flora. Sand forests, lakes, lagoons, wetlands and pristine stretches of beaches are home to many animals such as hippos, crocodiles, giant turtles and over 460 bird species. Whales can be spotted between June and November along the eastern shores of KwaZulu-Natal, and divers at Sodwana Bay often share the warm waters with sharks.
The Greater St. Lucia Wetlands is South Africa’s first declared world heritage site, abundant in unique fauna and flora. Other activities include fresh-water and deep-sea fishing, horse riding, birding safaris, and visits to a traditional Zulu village and school. There are also five golf courses in the surrounding areas.
The Elephant Coast, as this part of KwaZulu-Natal is now called, has 21 different ecosystems and is home to a rich variety of fauna and flora. Sand forests, lakes, lagoons, wetlands and pristine stretches of beaches are home to many animals such as hippos, crocodiles, giant turtles and over 460 bird species. Whales can be spotted between June and November along the eastern shores of KwaZulu-Natal, and divers at Sodwana Bay often share the warm waters with sharks.
The Greater St. Lucia Wetlands is South Africa’s first declared world heritage site, abundant in unique fauna and flora. Other activities include fresh-water and deep-sea fishing, horse riding, birding safaris, and visits to a traditional Zulu village and school. There are also five golf courses in the surrounding areas.
Positive Impact
We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.
Conservation
Thanda Safari has a highly skilled wildlife and environment management team operating behind the scenes to manage the reserve, to combat rhino and elephant poaching in the region and to participate in breeding and range expansion programmes for critically endangered species.
Community
Thanda’s ethos is one of wildlife reserves and communities supporting each other. Thanda’s neighbouring Zulu communities are their partners in conservation, and Thanda are committed to contributing to employment, skills development, career advancement and educational initiatives.
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