About the Lodge
Phinda Private Game Reserve is an enchanting and colourful park nestled in at the confluence of seven entirely distinct ecosystems - home to 23 000 hectares of exclusive, lodge-bearing natural habitat. The reserve itself is crammed into the rich land lying between the Mkuze Game Reserve and the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (a World Heritage Site), as well as being within a sea mist's reach of the Indian Ocean coastline. This yields an amazing rainfall pattern, producing conditions perfect for lush, grassy woodland scenes, broad, sweeping mountain ranges with impressive coverage, and some of the most exciting marine wildlife you're likely to spot anywhere.
The reserve's rare and popular dry sand forest stands as a marker of conservation and stark, spectacular aesthetic wildlife destinations. It is also home to the fantastic Forest Lodge - an eco-friendly, award winning facility, constructed with a keen eye for the "Zulu Zen" styles native to the area. Furnished in understated, earthy tones, with Zulu fabrics, peaceful, sparkling pools and wooden viewing decks hung delicately over exquisite, broad panoramas, Forest Lodge occupies a special place - between the luxurious plenitude of a first class holiday home, and the careful consideration of an environmentally conscious venue with a full appreciation of the gorgeous environment in which it finds itself.
Forest lodge is every bit a complete holiday experience, and should not be missed out on.