PHINDA MOUNTAIN SAFARI LODGE
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa

Introduction

Phinda Mountain Lodge, situated in Phinda Game Reserve offers magnificent views of the impressive Ubombo mountain range and the surrounding Zululand bushveld. Phinda Mountain Lodge has been classified as an extraordinary safari destination, offering the ultimate luxury and privacy in the bush, personalized service in an area teeming with game.

Lodge Description

Phinda Mountain Safari Lodge consists of 20 air-conditioned suites. Each suite features a luxurious en-suite bathroom, private sitting area and viewing deck. Paved pathways link the suites to the guest areas. The lodges’ sitting area provides an enormous fireplace. This is a great family safari destination. The lodge also offers a shaded swimming pool with a spectacular game-viewing deck, an African craft gallery and a well-equipped conference room. Delicious Pan African meals can be enjoyed in the remarkable stone and reed boma, romantically lit by dozens of candles and lanterns. Phinda is renowned for its bush dinners in unique, unexpected settings.

Game Viewing

Phinda Private Game Reserve offers an incredible diversity of game. Predators like cheetah, leopard and lion are tracked on a daily basis and guests stand a good chance of seeing them. The territorial white rhino favour waterholes and wallows. Herds of elephant and buffalo move throughout the reserve and are easily spotted. Impressive nyala antelope feed alongside impala and warthog. Nocturnal aardvark, bushpig and greater bushbaby may be encountered on night game-drives. Mountain reedbuck resides on rocky slopes, while common reedbuck favours palmveld and wetlands. Tonga red squirrels are restricted to Sand Forest where tiny suni and red duiker are most abundant. The extraordinary four-toed elephant-shrew forages among leaf-litter in forest and thickets. The bird life is prolific and an impressive 378 species have recorded in the area. Rudds apalis, Neergaards sunbird and pink-throated twinspot are endemic to the Maputaland region. Lemon-breasted canary, southern banded snake-eagle and grey waxbill are characteristic of the coastal plain. Among resident birds in the Sand Forest are Narina trogon, African broadbill and square-tailed drongo. Trumpeter hornbill, white-eared barbet and golden-rumped tinkerbird gather at ripe figs. Crested guineafowl, purple-crested turaco and gorgeous bushshrike are among species which favour woodland and thickets. African finfoot, African purple swamphen (gallinule), white-backed night-heron and malachite kingfisher are resident on the Mzinene River. Mocking cliff-chat, red-winged starling and cinnamon-breasted bunting favour rocky outcrops. Great concentrations of waterfowl assemble seasonally at the Nibela Peninsula of nearby Lake St Lucia.

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