Wellness
here, differentiating this ultra luxe
lodge from synthetic South Africa.
or something stiffer, hit the
owner’s enviable whiskey collection.
But if you think you’re imagining
that 30 elephants have engulfed the
waterhole the lodge overlooks, then
it isn’t the whisky. It happens daily.
This marvellous occurrence is best
captured from an elevated terrace
Let’s begin with Bond. Now, he’d
get there in a chopper. If you’ve
one, they’ve a helipad. Otherwise,
Federal Air shuttles you there from
Johannesburg in almost as much style.
General Manager Leana and team
receive and refresh you with
cocktails -- fresh, punchy, shaken,
not stirred. No canned horrors are
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where lunches are served, unless
you prefer the poolside pavilion
below where views are just as
unobstructed. Or soak into a sofa
in the unwalled main lodge, that
smartly assembles furniture and
artefacts of varietal genres, all
hand-picked by the owner himself
it s almost rench iviera, ash
dashed with African aura.