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.
Bringing life to the concept of "a room with a view", Mountain Lodge is both organic and impressive in its positioning - looming over the stretched-out South African Bushveld, and flanked by the gigantic Ubombo Mountains, it is, to say the least, a dramatic mountain retreat. Whether lazing in your room, or taking a sabbatical in one of the stunning guest areas, soaking in the azure skies so characteristic of the area, or heading out into the nearby bush to spot big game, guests of any persuasion are bound to find the charm and beauty of the Phinda Mountain Lodge undeniable.
With gorgeous Zululand bushveld supplying the lodge's thematic tone, and calm, paved pathways snaking down from the main guest areas along the mountainside and into the suite area, this contemporary lodge, with its ethnic decorative counterpoint, is a breathtaking safari in the making.