Location
The award winning Gondwana Game Reserve is ideally and accessibly located on South Africa’s popular Garden Route, less than four hour’s drive from Cape Town and 45 minutes from George domestic airport. The 11,000-hectare (26,000 acre) private game reserve offers an exclusive Big Five, malaria-free safari living experience. The Reserve is situated in a spectacular landscape with herds of antelope and awe inspiring views of the Langeberg and Outeniqua Mountains. The first of its kind in the Western Cape, Gondwana offers the chance to own a safari home in a Big Five game reserve with 5-star amenities and the ultimate luxury.
Description
This magnificent lodge is situated in the protected area on the reserve, where you can hike or mountain bike, watched by wildlife in their natural surrounds. Afterwards, take a dip in either of the pools or enjoy a sunset Jacuzzi on either deck. Invigorate yourself with a sensational Sauna or a steam shower in the wellness room and let your stress and muscle aches ebb away.
Inspired by the natural backdrop, interesting textures and lavish finishes have been used to delight the senses and encapsulate comfortable bush living in a very unique environment. An entertainer’s dream, it caters for the wine collector, barbecue lover, birder, wildlife, nature and wellness enthusiast all in one. The temperature controlled wine room is the ideal place to store your wine collection (up to 1,000 bottles). An outdoor fire pit creates a snug space to enjoy all the sights and bush sounds. A homely conversation pit with sumptuous open fire place is the perfect option for a wintery day.
A spacious lounge - with integrated projector and screen - caters to long lazy evenings spent watching Netflix, and the modern kitchen with stylish clean lines and Siemens and Bosch appliances, is a fabulous place to enjoy hours of cooking and dining pleasure. A feature gas fireplace keeps things warm and comfortable while the large sliding doors facilitate the view, even on cold days. A second kitchen offers both an indoor barbecue place, as well as an Esse wood stove.
Three well-appointed bedrooms, all en-suite, enjoy spectacular views from large sliding or stacking doors. A large deck on the north side of the lodge overlooks the dam where animals come to drink day and night. Surrounded by the protected Fynbos Flora and blended landscaping provides acacia shrubs which attract giraffe and other browsers around the home. The Big Five are free roaming in the greater Gondwana which is accessible for game drives. The ideal place to kick back, relax and enjoy all the wonderful things that Gondwana Game Reserve and the Western Cape have to offer.
Directions
45km drive from George airport, 380km from Cape Town International airport.